devices consumption and recycling<\/a>! Some devices are definitely made in order to dysfunction in a specified time period.<\/p>\nAccording to topdocumentaryfilms.com<\/strong>:<\/p>\n“Planned Obsolescence is the deliberate shortening of product life spans to guarantee consumer demand.<\/em><\/p>\nAs a magazine for advertisers succinctly puts it: The article that refuses to wear out is a tragedy of business – and a tragedy for the modern growth society which relies on an ever-accelerating cycle of production, consumption, and throwing away.<\/em><\/p>\nThe Light Bulb Conspiracy\u00a0combines investigative research and rare archive footage to trace the untold story of Planned Obsolescence, from its beginnings in the 1920s with a secret cartel, set up expressly to limit the life span of light bulbs, to present-day stories involving cutting edge electronics (such as the iPod) and the growing spirit of resistance amongst ordinary consumers.<\/em><\/p>\nThis film travels to France, Germany, Spain and the US to find witnesses of a business practice that has become the basis of the modern <\/em>economy, and brings back disquieting pictures from Africa where discarded electronics are piling up in huge cemeteries for electronic waste.”<\/em><\/p>\nThe Lightbulb Conspiracy documentary explains a lot of things that we have wondered about devices in the past.<\/h3>\n