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We need to find a way to move on, once something is perfected. Because if we don't we kinda ruin what we have already perfected. It's called planned obsolescenc

We need to find a way to move on, once something is perfected. Because if we don't we kinda ruin what we have already perfected. It's called planned obsolescence and below are some resources on the same. It is widely used across industries for over a century and kinda plays a huge role in climate change. Veritasium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5v8D-alAKE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5v8D-alAKE DW (mostly about phone) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aYJPonRJd8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aYJPonRJd8

grishka 4y ago
The problem lies deeper. There's only so much work that the humanity legitimately needs done, but the economy is built upon the assumption that everyone can get a job. So we end up creating jobs the society at large doesn't actually benefit from to make sure every person has to do some work to earn money to live. This includes ballooning IT companies about which you can't help but keep asking "where does enough work even come from to occupy all these people, in a product that's essentially finished". I don't know how to even approach solving this.
- wildrhythms 4y ago
  Further reading - The Rise of Bullshit Jobs https://jacobin.com/2018/06/bullshit-jobs-david-graeber-work-service https://jacobin.com/2018/06/bullshit-jobs-david-graeber-work...
- hammyhavoc 4y ago
  The solution is both simultaneously simple, yet incredibly nuanced and socially complex: UBI.
  - grishka 4y ago
    And because universal basic income is so nuanced and socially complex, I feel like this problem is here to stay until we reach post-scarcity, if we ever do.
    - hammyhavoc 4y ago
      Exactly. That's without even considering a botched rollout of UBI causing inflation and inequality like we've never known before.
philipwhiuk 4y ago
Iterating design after success to make it worse isn't the same thing as planned obsolescence.
hulitu 4y ago
> We need to find a way to move on, once something is perfected The GUI/UI/UX on Android is so close to perfection like a zygote is close to a human being.

grishka 4y ago

The problem lies deeper. There's only so much work that the humanity legitimately needs done, but the economy is built upon the assumption that everyone can get a job. So we end up creating jobs the society at large doesn't actually benefit from to make sure every person has to do some work to earn money to live. This includes ballooning IT companies about which you can't help but keep asking "where does enough work even come from to occupy all these people, in a product that's essentially finished". I don't know how to even approach solving this.

wildrhythms 4y ago
Further reading - The Rise of Bullshit Jobs https://jacobin.com/2018/06/bullshit-jobs-david-graeber-work-service https://jacobin.com/2018/06/bullshit-jobs-david-graeber-work...
hammyhavoc 4y ago
The solution is both simultaneously simple, yet incredibly nuanced and socially complex: UBI.
- grishka 4y ago
  And because universal basic income is so nuanced and socially complex, I feel like this problem is here to stay until we reach post-scarcity, if we ever do.
  - hammyhavoc 4y ago
    Exactly. That's without even considering a botched rollout of UBI causing inflation and inequality like we've never known before.

philipwhiuk 4y ago

Iterating design after success to make it worse isn't the same thing as planned obsolescence.

hulitu 4y ago

> We need to find a way to move on, once something is perfected The GUI/UI/UX on Android is so close to perfection like a zygote is close to a human being.