We shouldn’t want more, more more. We should want BETTER — GDP be damned

We shouldn’t want more, more more. We should want BETTER — GDP be damned 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-marie-gluesenkamp-perez.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Fk8.44CF.NSAEB1UCxIjl&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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Aviator, diver, Etherean, nexialist, PhD in aviation ∩ climate science | Host of /diving /ethfinance /eth-staker /geopolitics /science /singapore /thomas

Planned obsolescence is Moloch. We must defeat it

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and sometimes 'better' means burning bridges 🫠

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If they sell us trash, it means we will have to buy more often 😞

My stove came with my house and is older than me. Best stove I’ve ever used and a giant 40inches. It’s crazy how new stuff is trash.

Web monetization.  Working on gfam.live to help creators earn from their content.

You want it done right, you do it yourself (if it’s possible, which for a washing machine it is not)

I would argue that we all want better... but companies worked out that better is not more profitable so now we don't even have the choice to choose durable or long-lasting.

The way many countries grew in power was to expand their consumer base.  Production is THE metric of success and it follows consumption.

All this to say our modern economies are all based on consumption.  I’m against this personally, AND it seems that consumers choose cheap over good every time.