SOCB47H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Consumer Sovereignty, Industrial Revolution, Deskilling
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Paul franklin story about a man who served in the military and was injured through his service. Every year when he goes to seek medical treatment benefits he"s asked to prove that he has not gotten better. He"s a double amputee and believes that he shouldn"t have to prove his legs are gone on an annual basis. The people who make the specific materials needed for electronics are not benefiting from them in the way we are. There is this planned obsolescence -> batteries were designed to fail within a certain time. Creating a sense of identify through the brands you like and also the types of brands you don"t like. Back in the day, a light bulb was built which has been lit for about 100 years. The idea that you can build things that would last is in place.
