• Rhaedas
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    195 months ago

    The Phoebus cartel, the beginnings of planned obsolescence.

    The amazing thing is how not only did a long lasting light bulb get designed early on, but that the later bulbs were designed to fail specifically after a given point (1000 hours). That’s precision.

    I also blame Edward Bernays, the father of consumerism/consumption.