Planned Obsolescence is the deliberate shortening of product life spans to guarantee consumer demand.
As a magazine for advertisers succinctly puts it: The article that refuses to wear out is a tragedy of business – and a tragedy for the modern growth society which relies on an ever-accelerating cycle of production, consumption and throwing away.
The Light Bulb Conspiracy combines investigative research and rare archive footage to trace the untold story of Planned Obsolescence, from its beginnings in the 1920s with a secret cartel, set up expressly to limit the life span of light bulbs, to present-day stories involving cutting edge electronics (such as the iPod) and the growing spirit of resistance amongst ordinary consumers.
This film travels to France, Germany, Spain and the US to find witnesses of a business practice which has become the basis of the modern economy, and brings back disquieting pictures from Africa where discarded electronics are piling up in huge cemeteries for electronic waste.
Aici nu-i vorba de reducerea consumului prin a ne lipsi de bunurile de care avem nevoie, ci de crearea de bunuri durabile. Cele mai multe din bunurile epocii industriale din economia capitalista sunt create cu ideea defectarii premature. Asta este o definitie a economiei de consum, pe care nici macar socialistii n-au stiut-o. Justificarea acestui mod de productie este undeva intre nevoia de profit si nevoia de a asigura locuri de munca.
Asta a mers cum a mers pana acum, cand 2,5 miliarde de chinezi si indieni se pregatesc sa intre in modul economiei de consum. Daca acestia adopta economia de consum, planeta devine nelocuibila--daca nu cumva incepe Razboiul.
Gandeste romanule si hai sa facem lumea mai buna, incepand cu cartierul in care fiecare locuim!
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As a magazine for advertisers succinctly puts it: The article that refuses to wear out is a tragedy of business – and a tragedy for the modern growth society which relies on an ever-accelerating cycle of production, consumption and throwing away.
The Light Bulb Conspiracy combines investigative research and rare archive footage to trace the untold story of Planned Obsolescence, from its beginnings in the 1920s with a secret cartel, set up expressly to limit the life span of light bulbs, to present-day stories involving cutting edge electronics (such as the iPod) and the growing spirit of resistance amongst ordinary consumers.
This film travels to France, Germany, Spain and the US to find witnesses of a business practice which has become the basis of the modern economy, and brings back disquieting pictures from Africa where discarded electronics are piling up in huge cemeteries for electronic waste.
Aici nu-i vorba de reducerea consumului prin a ne lipsi de bunurile de care avem nevoie, ci de crearea de bunuri durabile. Cele mai multe din bunurile epocii industriale din economia capitalista sunt create cu ideea defectarii premature. Asta este o definitie a economiei de consum, pe care nici macar socialistii n-au stiut-o. Justificarea acestui mod de productie este undeva intre nevoia de profit si nevoia de a asigura locuri de munca.
Asta a mers cum a mers pana acum, cand 2,5 miliarde de chinezi si indieni se pregatesc sa intre in modul economiei de consum. Daca acestia adopta economia de consum, planeta devine nelocuibila--daca nu cumva incepe Razboiul.
Gandeste romanule si hai sa facem lumea mai buna, incepand cu cartierul in care fiecare locuim!
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