Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America
By Giles Slade.
Description
Listen to a short interview with Giles Slade Host: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & Crane If you've replaced a computer lately--or a cell phone, a camera, a television--chances are, the old one still worked. And chances are even greater that the latest model won't last as long as the one it replaced. Welcome to the world of planned obsolescence--a business model, a way of life, and a uniquely American invention that this eye-opening book explores from its beginnings to its perilous implications for the very near future. Made to Break is a history of twentieth-century techn...
ISBN(s)
0674022033, 9780674022034
