Another missed day in the information, or misinformation depending on your views, blogosphere. I just am not motivated enough to take my mobile communication device (Laptop) and search out a wifi hot spot. Having coffee at McSquacks at 0600 hours just doesn't appeal to me anymore. 20 years ago I wouldn't have given it a second thought but, 20 years ago I was still playing games like Adventure, and anything by Infocom on my Apple IIe and dreaming about getting on the internet. Memory was still in the Kilobyte range and storage was all about how many floppy drives you could daisy chain together. DOS (Disk Operating System) still ruled supreme but it's days were rapidly coming to a close. Wow, I only meant to look at the road sign, not take a major drive down memory lane. Doing a u-ball and getting back on the main road. What I meant to say was I missed yesterdays post.
Today's rant is about the disposable society we live in. Everything we buy these days is made for convenience and profit. Anybody still have a TV or appliance from 40 or 50 years ago that is still working? Most likely a freezer or refrigerator. Those are from an era when things were made to last and it was more about quality and reliability than profit and sustainability. Now days everything is built for profit. Electronics and appliances are built with a 5-10 year life expectancy so that the companies can count on you to buy 2-4 of these items on average in your lifetime. This is all part of their long range profit and sustainability plan. Businesses even have their own language for these types of plans. If the average Joe were to sit in on a board meeting, they would have to spend a day just learning all the terminology to understand what was being discussed. Could businesses build quality items that would last for 20-30 years or more? Absolutely,, but it wouldn't be profitable for them and it is all about the bottom line. We live in a disposable society where we buy items meant for convenience and throw them away when they have expired or outlived their usefulness. In this age it is almost always easier or cost effective to dispose of an item and buy a new one rather than get it repaired.Where was I going with all this....hmmmm...I blogged myself "write" (pun intended) into a crossroads with many directions to go. You decide!
ciao
I agree on the junk but as you can see by the demise of the health reform, when it becomes easier and more cost effective to dispose of the poor and sick among us then it gets a little scary.
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