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- Apr 2024
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americanwritersmuseum.org americanwritersmuseum.org
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They also last so long. Andy Rooney, whose typewriter I have, wrote a piece about his typewriter. He said he had six computers, and they’re obsolete on purpose. He said, “I’ve had one typewriter and I put another ribbon in and it’s good for another 25 years.”
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- Mar 2024
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theinformed.life theinformed.life
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The whole industry is built on this concept of planned obsolescence. That’s the term that I think IBM famously came up with in the sixties, where basically you’re intentionally trying to constantly sell people on the new new thing. And that’s what drives the stock price up. And that’s what drives the press cycle. And that’s what gets people to buy new products and things. And so, the whole industry is predicated around this idea of there’s always a new thing around the horizon.
Where did the concept of planned obsolescence originate? Was it really IBM as Alex Wright suggests here?
How does planned obsolescence drive capitalism? And as a result of that is there a balance between future innovation and waste? Is there a mechanism within capitalism that can fix this waste (or dramatically mitigate it)?
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- Jan 2022
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blog.jim-nielsen.com blog.jim-nielsen.com
- Jan 2021