Age Quote by Marshall McLuhan

Obsolescence is the key to innovation.

— Homaro Cantu

Obsolescence is the very hallmark of progress.

— Henry Ford II

It drives me crazy to throw something out. I find planned obsolescence revolting.

— Jonathan Miles

Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence...we make good products, we induce people to buy them, and then the next year we deliberately…

— Brooks Stevens

Obsolescence never meant the end of anything, it's just the beginning.

— Marshall McLuhan

Obsolescence is a fate devoutly to be wished, lest science stagnate and die.

— Stephen Jay Gould

People always worry that buying tech products today carries a risk of obsolescence. Most of the time, that fear is overblown.

— Walt Mossberg

“When a new object emerges that satisfies the same purpose as an older one, the older one falls into obsolescence.”

— Koji Suzuki

Planned obsolescence is not really a new concept. God used it with people.

— Robert Orben

“If a product or enterprise doesn't constantly reinvent itself, it is superseded, cast aside, abandoned without sentiment in favor of something bigger, newer, and,…

— Bill Bryson

So many technologies start out with a burst of idealism, democratization, and opportunity, and over time, they close down and become less friendly to…

— Tim O'Reilly

But planned obsolescence is possible only if the rate of technological change is contained.

— David Harvey