Obsolescence

Bauhaus, Consumerism, and the Economics of Waste - Part 4: The Automotive Industry as the Perfect Counterexample

17 October 2019·577 words·3 mins

Systems and Innovation Automotive Manufacturing Engineering Obsolescence Technology Design and Innovation Systems Thinking Innovation History Sustainability

How the automotive industry demonstrates the contradiction between technical capability and systemic waste, where advanced engineering is subordinated to demand maintenance.

Bauhaus, Consumerism, and the Economics of Waste - Part 2: Durability vs Growth: Why Capitalism Could Not Tolerate Bauhaus

15 October 2019·622 words·3 mins

Systems and Innovation Capitalism Obsolescence Economics Manufacturing Consumerism Design and Innovation Systems Thinking Innovation History Sustainability

How growth-dependent capitalism systematically undermined durability and introduced planned obsolescence as an economic necessity.

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