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When planned obsolescence makes progress feel like regression

Everything I buy breaks within a year and needs to be replaced and I remember when things lasted and I wonder if we are drowning in garbage we pretend is progress.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Industrial systems designed for consumption rather than durability create waste and frustration that undermines faith in advancement.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Industrial revolution and its human cost?”

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