> Surely, such a practice of revering articles that form an important part of one’s life, must rate as unique in the ancient world. This is the ethos from the R

> Surely, such a practice of revering articles that form an important part of one’s life, must rate as unique in the ancient world. This is the ethos from the Rig Veda that has survived and become the bedrock of Hindu and I dare say Indian culture and life. A practice and heritage that today’s consumerist generation could do well to imbibe. Seems like a bad take. It implies that everyone else doesn't respect the tools of their trade by virtue of being a consumer society. This is a strawman. Consumerism doesn't mean a programmer who buys a very powerful laptop can afford to just throw it away. It doesn't mean that people who drive vehicles for a living don't take care of them. It does mean that things that are seldomly used are often made to be used fewer times. The feature that is planned obsolescence could seem like a consumerist virtue, but really it's a feature of greed and at times a complicated calculation of perceived consumer value juxtaposed with the cumulative cost of components in a device. More simply stated it's what the market will bare for costs.