3 ms·
The incentives simply aren't aligned. The root of the problem is that our economy depends on constant consumption. I'm not sure a company built around computers
by anderspitman 7y ago
The incentives simply aren't aligned. The root of the problem is that our economy depends on constant consumption. I'm not sure a company built around computers that last could ever compete.
- smolder 7y agoFor industrial uses, where buyers care about total cost of ownership, there's room for that. Now that silicon precision improvements have such small performance returns, there's also much more room for "heirloom" tech for consumers.
- bluGill 7y agoIndustrial users have problems with electronics: the chip from a 60nm process still works fine, but the fab that makes them is closing and so they are forced to spend money on a new chip built on a 12nm process. (or whatever the latest fad is). The consumer mentality of replace with better is too big for the industrial users to count.
- fao_ 7y ago> The root of the problem is that our economy depends on constant consumption. I'm not sure a company built around computers that last could ever compete. If we take that as a given, surely that tells you that the economic system itself is not resilient or sustainable when introduced to climate change, then?