Once upon a time..... products were made to last. Then, at the beginning of the 1920s, a group of businessmen were struck by the following insight: 'A product that refuses to wear out is a tragedy of business' (1928). Thus Planned Obsolescence was born. Shortly after, the first worldwide cartel was set up expressly to reduce the life span of the incandescent light bulb, a symbo...$一方面Planned obsolescence能够刺激经济,维持就业;另一方面造成大量用品浪费环境污染。如何是好?$Planned Obsolescence and the history of comsumerism$经济的发展和污染你选哪个?$有点一般。$Happy Birthday to Light Bulb.