Planned Obsolescence & Our Consumerist Economy

July 15, 2016

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It was in 1932 when a real estate broker, Bernard London, self-published an essay called Ending the Depression through Planned Obsolescence. London may or may not have coined the phrase; yet, he has certainly been given the credit for verbalizing this particular economic strategy. In a nutshell, London advocated for the government to mandate arbitrary… Read More Planned Obsolescence & Our Consumerist Economy

— Random Ponderings —

Taking the time to stare, glassy-eyed, at our shit.

May 9, 2016

Let’s all imagine a common scenario. You are at your local grocery store. You have either just finished work or it’s the weekend, regardless, you are shopping when everyone else is shopping. It’s busy. Your stomach growls and you are a tiny bit faint. You are starving. No, you are fucking starving.