In an age of multiple and massive innovations, obsolescence becomes the major obsession. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
Planned obsolescence is not really a new concept. God used it with people. — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
It drives me crazy to throw something out. I find planned obsolescence revolting. — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence, and anyone who can read without moving his lips should know it by now. — Brooks Stevens Copy Share Image
Like Godard, Tati is also remarkably appreciative of the odd beauty that can be revealed in the shapes, patterns and colors created… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
“Look― shoot all you want. With a camera you can barely capture a soul at a time. With planned obsolescence, you can… — Pansy Schneider-Horst Copy Share Image
Armaments, universal debt and planned obsolescence - those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence...we make good products, we induce people to buy them, and then the next year… — Brooks Stevens Copy Share Image
I have this old '57 Porsche Speedster, and the way the door closes, I'll just sit there and listen to the sound… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
Rant said that view of time was set up so folks won't live forever. It's the planned obsolescence we've all agreed to...'Nothing… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Only one rational path is open to us - simultaneous de-development of the [overdeveloped countries] and semi-development of the underdeveloped countries (UDCs),… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence - those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. If war, waste, and moneylenders were abolished,… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Publishers, naturally, loathe used books and have developed strategies to depress the secondhand market. They bring out new, even more expensive editions… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
“Cheap objects resist involvement. We tend to invest less in their purchase, care, and maintenance, and that's part of what makes them… — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share Image
The more subtle thing is more speculative. The world is well past its long-term carrying capacity for human beings living a European,… — Denis Hayes Copy Share Image
But planned obsolescence is possible only if the rate of technological change is contained. — David Harvey Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is this specter that most haunts working men and women: the planned obsolescence of people that is of a piece… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
![“Only one rational path is open to us - simultaneous de-development of the [overdeveloped countries] and semi-development of the underdeveloped countries (UDCs), in order to approach a decent and ecologically sustainable standard of living for all in between. By de-development we mean lower…” quote by John Holdren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0c4/john-holdren-23470_abolition_only-one-rational-path-is-open-to-us-sim_2290483.jpg)
