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Clothing, famously less important on Maslow's hierarchy of needs than semiconductors.
by murderfs 1mo ago
Clothing, famously less important on Maslow's hierarchy of needs than semiconductors.
- prmoustache 1mo agoWell, clothing that doesn't last or made of plastic is indeed less important.
- trinix912 1mo agoMight it just be that people are buying from Temu because stuff at the mall is 10x as expensive and doesn’t even last all that longer nowadays? People can’t afford to pay 40€ for a T shirt.
- kamma4434 1mo agoMe too - I get the feeling it’s the same garbage at a different price point.
- victorbjorklund 1mo agoAs if everyone wear fast fashion from their local retail store for 20 years. Truth is many people are buying new clothes because they want new clothes and not because they break (just like many in HN buys new electronics even if their computer from 20 years still boots)
- freehorse 1mo agoThe fact that these clothes tend to be in the category of "doesn't last or made of plastic" (plus low human labour costs) is what makes them cheap enough to be possible for people to order/buy them in as large quantities.
- tacet 1mo agoEU banned destruction of unsold clothing. Estimated 4-9% of textile products in europe are destroyed before sold. Lack of clothing is not really that big of problem if we look from needs perspective.
- DiggyJohnson 1mo agoThat’s just a tangentially related fact and not very relevant to this discussion from my perspective
- fragmede 1mo agoMaslow's Hierarchy has been revised: https://www.adipsys.com/en/wi-fi-customer-experience/maslow-pyramid-2/ https://www.adipsys.com/en/wi-fi-customer-experience/maslow-...