Originally heard about this on the Planet Money podcast, and then I found this article.
The Phoebus cartel engineered a shorter-lived lightbulb and gave birth to planned obsolescence
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/ ... conspiracy
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The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy
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The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy
"Turns out I’m 'woke.' All along, I thought I was just compassionate, kind, and good at history. "
Re: The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy
Not surprised. How about that bulb in the fire-station that has over 1,000,000 hours? We clearly could make better bulbs.
Re: The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy
That thing is so dim its barely burning.