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"It’s not just cassettes. Vinyl has been exhumed in the past decade. Old
red phone boxes in the UK are being refurbished to nostalgic effect.
Tech companies are investing in “dumb phones” that only call and text.
All the while, libraries of DVDs and CDs are still getting dragged from
apartment to apartment, even when their players are starting to
disappear from houses and cars.
This love of old stuff is growing, even as we throw out devices faster
than ever. Electronic waste is the fastest-growing waste stream
globally, and is expected to grow further, according to a 2017 United
Nations report. Planned obsolescence — where companies design products
to last only a few years, driving customers to toss devices and buy the
latest model — encourages a culture of disposability. And yet, more and
more objects are becoming magnets for nostalgia."
Via Esther Schindler.
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
