Anyone that doesn't think this happens today is terribly naive. This is all the result of our artificial scarcity system of economics. Everyone needs a job or they starve. Well if we just build items to last then no one has jobs because we're not replacing everything frequently. This is a perfect example of why we need Basic Income so people will stop creating jobs for themselves by sabotaging their work or engaging in other rent seeking behavior.
No... it's called evolution of technology. When a certain product needs to be replaced considerably less, all needs to be done is an evolution of your company to research and produce something different, something better. Research and build a new product off of the advanced knowledge you have from your current products. That's how it works.
I figured it out when I was thinking about people being so scared that robots would take their jobs and then I realized that humans have freed up the need for basic duties so that they can do so much more. So instead a $50k+ job becomes the norm. And employers will need these jobs because more and more people will be looking for things to do and then we will be in a new age of discovery and exploration.
That or everyone because fay lazy sheeple but here's to hoping.
Not at all. The lightbulb conspiracy literally was "If we build light bulbs that last for 1,000 hours then we make more money than if we build them to last 3,000 hours". Not because the 3000 hours light bulbs were more expensive, but they could simply sell more 1000 hour light bulbs.
Walmart is a shrine to planned obsolescence. They know that if you have a $40 toaster that lasts for two decades and a $10 one that lasts 2 years that people will buy the $10 toaster. So many of their products fit this formula. Planned obsolescence isn't about smart phones. It's about toasters and coffee machines and DVD players and stick blenders.
Oh that's the consumer end. I was referencing to how it would go if we dropped that thinking and evolved to the next level of which I can't really see what that'll be like.
Compare the 1930s to the 1960s and you can get an idea of how much the world would change if we updated our economic model to stop worrying about jealously guarding our paychecks via planned obsolescence and other rent seeking behaviors.
I don't care what we do but never touch 1. Our ability to surpass others through hard work (mind and body) 2. Pull down society as a whole to a lower level.
This is why I hate socialism. I'd die before being a slave because to be a slave is to not live. I want to fight for what matters to me. No one can tell me how much money I can or cannot have. /rant
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Mylon ago
Anyone that doesn't think this happens today is terribly naive. This is all the result of our artificial scarcity system of economics. Everyone needs a job or they starve. Well if we just build items to last then no one has jobs because we're not replacing everything frequently. This is a perfect example of why we need Basic Income so people will stop creating jobs for themselves by sabotaging their work or engaging in other rent seeking behavior.
revofire ago
No... it's called evolution of technology. When a certain product needs to be replaced considerably less, all needs to be done is an evolution of your company to research and produce something different, something better. Research and build a new product off of the advanced knowledge you have from your current products. That's how it works.
I figured it out when I was thinking about people being so scared that robots would take their jobs and then I realized that humans have freed up the need for basic duties so that they can do so much more. So instead a $50k+ job becomes the norm. And employers will need these jobs because more and more people will be looking for things to do and then we will be in a new age of discovery and exploration.
That or everyone because fay lazy sheeple but here's to hoping.
Mylon ago
Not at all. The lightbulb conspiracy literally was "If we build light bulbs that last for 1,000 hours then we make more money than if we build them to last 3,000 hours". Not because the 3000 hours light bulbs were more expensive, but they could simply sell more 1000 hour light bulbs.
Walmart is a shrine to planned obsolescence. They know that if you have a $40 toaster that lasts for two decades and a $10 one that lasts 2 years that people will buy the $10 toaster. So many of their products fit this formula. Planned obsolescence isn't about smart phones. It's about toasters and coffee machines and DVD players and stick blenders.
revofire ago
Oh that's the consumer end. I was referencing to how it would go if we dropped that thinking and evolved to the next level of which I can't really see what that'll be like.
Mylon ago
Compare the 1930s to the 1960s and you can get an idea of how much the world would change if we updated our economic model to stop worrying about jealously guarding our paychecks via planned obsolescence and other rent seeking behaviors.
I wrote this earlier today, tell me what you think: https://www.reddit.com/r/BasicIncome/comments/42ghyr/have_i_built_my_own_echo_chamber/
revofire ago
I don't care what we do but never touch 1. Our ability to surpass others through hard work (mind and body) 2. Pull down society as a whole to a lower level.
This is why I hate socialism. I'd die before being a slave because to be a slave is to not live. I want to fight for what matters to me. No one can tell me how much money I can or cannot have. /rant