THE END OF OBSOLESCENCE :THE WEB AS GROUND ZERO FOR THE POST-CONSUMER ECONOMY

THE END OF
OBSOLESCENCE
THE WEB AS GROUND ZERO FOR
THE POST-CONSUMER ECONOMY
by LANE BECKER & THOR MULLER
PREVIEW
I. How We Got Here
II. A New Dynamic
III.Rewiring the System
I.
HOW WE GOT HERE
“
COLLAPSITARIAN
”
Things are getting better
GOOD NEWS!
precisely because
Things are getting worse
CRASH!
BOOM!
UH OH.
350%
TOTAL CREDIT MARKET DEBT AS A % OF GDP
•
Companies (sell stuff => hire people)
•
Employees (get paid, benefits)
•
Buyers (want new and improved)
•

Debtors (borrow to afford)
•
Banks (lend)
•
China (lend to lenders!)
•
Shareholders (cash in)
•
Media (promote the system)
•
Politicians (represent the system)
DISPOSABLE CULTURE
HOORAY FOR
CONSUMERISM
PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE
LOCK-IN
GROWTH IS
EVERYTHING
BIGGER IS BETTER
AS SEEN ON TV!
THE
OWNERSHIP
SOCIETY
THOSE WHO CREATE VALUE
THOSE WHO CREATE
THINGS OF NO VALUE
Text
THOSE WHO MOVE
VALUE AROUND
THE GREAT COMPRESSION

VALUE DESTRUCTION AT WORK
OH SHIT!
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“Job Losses Hint at Vast
Remaking of U.S. Economy”
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BOTTOM
REBIRTH
MARCO POLO
1254-1325
“BEATUS”
MAP
CATALAN ATLAS
1375
PTOLEMY
90-168
RISE OF THE
MERCHANT CLASS
THE AGE OF
EXPLORATION
THE RISE OF DEMOCRACY
MANIFEST DESTINY