Here's an article written by a professor in my academic department, Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin. I haven't yet had her in class; she's on sabbatical this semester. In this she's written the most complete, historically accurate magazine-format depiction of planned obsolescence I've ever read. And I've read several great ones. Planned obsolescence is, in my own words, … Continue reading Consumerism as conspiracy (and I believe it!)