obsolescence
US /ˌɑbsəˈlɛsəns/
・UK /ˌɒbsəˈlesns/
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n. (u.)Uncountable NounFact of going out of date/starting to be not used
A policy of planned obsolescence
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Why L.A.’s Trains Can Take 4x Longer Than Driving | WSJ Pro Perfected
- Cars and declining revenue were big reasons why LA's old trolley system slid into obsolescence by the 1960s.
Cars and declining revenue were big reasons why LA's old trolley system slid into obsolescence by the 1960s.
- Cars and declining revenue were big reasons why LA's old trolley system slid into obsolescence by the 1960s.
Cars and declining revenue were big reasons why LA's old trolley system slid into obsolescence by the 1960s.
The Lengths We Go To Avoid Love
- For the love-scared among us, we are constantly at work taking careful steps to ensure that any relationship we are in will flounder. We pick partners with an element of built-in obsolescence about them, some reason why in the end a relationship with them isn't going to be able to work out, people who just happen to be living on another continent or who are married to someone else or are impossibly distant to us in age. We beg for love from people who, as we know in our unconscious, are guaranteed not to want or be able to give it to us. We complain repeatedly that people we are involved with don't love us properly.
For the love-scared among us, we are constantly at work taking careful steps to ensure that any relationship we are in will flounder. We pick partners with an element of built-in obsolescence about them, some reason why in the end a relationship with them isn't going to be able to work out, people who just happen to be living on another continent or who are married to someone else or are impossibly distant to us in age. We beg for love from people who, as we know in our unconscious, are guaranteed not to want or be able to give it to us. We complain repeatedly that people we are involved with don't love us properly.
- We pick partners with an element of built-in obsolescence about them—some reason why, in the end, a relationship with them isn't going to be able to work out.
We pick partners with an element of built-in obsolescence about them—some reason why, in the end, a relationship with them isn't going to be able to work out.
Paradise or Oblivion
- This corrupt practice is referred to as planned obsolescence, which is the conscious withdrawal of efficiency.
This corrupt practice is referred to as planned obsolescence, which is the conscious withdrawal of efficiency.
- This corrupt practice is referred to as 'planned obsolescence'
This corrupt practice is referred to as 'planned obsolescence'
Peter Joseph - Where are we now? - London 2009-07-25
- The phenomenon has been termed by some theorists as the contradiction of capitalism, for not only is the obsolescence of the human labor force the obsolescence of the consumer, the high level of output generated by technological efficiency makes the corporate motivation to pursue such advanced means very strong, even though it is economically self-defeating over time.
The phenomenon has been termed by some theorists as the contradiction of capitalism, for not only is the obsolescence of the human labor force the obsolescence of the consumer, the high level of output generated by technological efficiency makes the corporate motivation to pursue such advanced means very strong, even though it is economically self-defeating over time.
- This simply means faster breakdown, faster obsolescence, more duplicate production, and
This simply means faster breakdown, faster obsolescence, more duplicate production, and
Andrew Yang, UBI & Automation: Knee Of The Curve with Emmett Short
- sandcastles to notice so hit subscribe to stay up to date on human obsolescence
sandcastles to notice so hit subscribe to stay up to date on human obsolescence
- and most people are too busy building sandcastles to notice, so hit subscribe to stay up to date on human obsolescence.
and most people are too busy building sandcastles to notice, so hit subscribe to stay up to date on human obsolescence.
Why everything you buy is worse now
- In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, he wrote this paper that was like, okay, like, the government should really, like, support this idea of planned obsolescence.
In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, he wrote this paper that was like, okay, like, the government should really, like, support this idea of planned obsolescence.
- Except he didn't call it planned obsolescence; he called it consumer engineering.
Except he didn't call it planned obsolescence; he called it consumer engineering.
Live Rich
- Make us buy things that won't last; planned obsolescence should be a thing of the past.
Make us buy things that won't last; planned obsolescence should be a thing of the past.
- planned obsolescence should be a thing of the past.
planned obsolescence should be a thing of the past.
Why Gen Z Fell In Love With Coach
- And what ends up happening is they go into lower margin categories that maybe have more fashion risk, more obsolescence risk.
And what ends up happening is they go into lower margin categories that maybe have more fashion risk, more obsolescence risk.
- and what ends up happening is they go into lower-margin categories that maybe have more fashion risk, more obsolescence risk.
and what ends up happening is they go into lower-margin categories that maybe have more fashion risk, more obsolescence risk.
Jaron Lanier Fixes the Internet | NYT Opinion
- and the first one was, "If we're going to be surpassed by artificial intelligence, if we won't be needed, why are we here?" I just realized that what we're doing now with our current culture of technology that's so tech-centric and just pretends that all the people out there giving us the data don't matter, that culture is sending a message of human obsolescence.
and the first one was, "If we're going to be surpassed by artificial intelligence, if we won't be needed, why are we here?" I just realized that what we're doing now with our current culture of technology that's so tech-centric and just pretends that all the people out there giving us the data don't matter, that culture is sending a message of human obsolescence.
- and the first one was, "If we're going to be surpassed by artificial intelligence, if we won't be needed, why are we here?" I just realized that what we're doing now with our current culture of technology that's so tech-centric and just pretends that all the people out there giving us the data don't matter, that culture is sending a message of human obsolescence.
and the first one was, "If we're going to be surpassed by artificial intelligence, if we won't be needed, why are we here?" I just realized that what we're doing now with our current culture of technology that's so tech-centric and just pretends that all the people out there giving us the data don't matter, that culture is sending a message of human obsolescence.
The Zeitgeist Movement: Orientation Presentation
- This characteristic could be defined as "planned obsolescence." Planned obsolescence is essentially the deliberate withholding of efficiency so the product in question breaks down respectively fast.
This characteristic could be defined as "planned obsolescence." Planned obsolescence is essentially the deliberate withholding of efficiency so the product in question breaks down respectively fast.
- a simple glance at the cancer-causing preservatives in our foods, the planned obsolescence of nearly everything manufactured, along with a healthcare industry that charges $300 for a single antibiotic pill, will indicate that the profit incentive is actually a detriment.
a simple glance at the cancer-causing preservatives in our foods, the planned obsolescence of nearly everything manufactured, along with a healthcare industry that charges $300 for a single antibiotic pill, will indicate that the profit incentive is actually a detriment.