Russell Jacoby Quote

The application of planned obsolescence to thought itself has the same merit as its application to consumer goods; the new is not only shoddier than the old, it fuels an obsolete social system that staves off its replacement by manufacturing the illusion that it is perpetually new.


p. xvii - Social Amnesia: A Critique of Conformist Psychology from Adler to Laing (1975)


The application of planned obsolescence to thought itself has the same merit as its application to consumer goods; the new is not only shoddier than...

The application of planned obsolescence to thought itself has the same merit as its application to consumer goods; the new is not only shoddier than...

The application of planned obsolescence to thought itself has the same merit as its application to consumer goods; the new is not only shoddier than...

The application of planned obsolescence to thought itself has the same merit as its application to consumer goods; the new is not only shoddier than...