"Livermore's Centennial Light Bulb Cam" https://www.centennialbulb.org/photos.htm The Light Bulb Conspiracy uncovers how planned obsolescence has affected our lives and the economy since the 1920's, when manufacturers deliberately started shortening the life of consumer products to increase demand. Shot over three years in Europe, the U.S. and Ghana, the film combines investigative research, including internal company documents and rare archival footage, tracing the beginnings of planned obsolescence to 1925, when a cartel of industrialists calling themselves 'Phoebus' conspired to limit the lifespan of a light bulb to 1000 hours. This film also profiles several well-known historical advocates -- Bernard London, who famously proposed ending the Great Depression by mandating planned obsolescence, and Brook Stevens, whose post-war ideas became the gospel of the 1950’s shaping the throwaway consumer society of today. IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1825163/ ========== Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976 states that allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. Also for entertainment and educational purposes. All rights to the original works go to those that hold them, no copyright infringement intended. All material used falls under fair use of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (1998) for commentary, criticism, education and satire. #lightbulb #lightbulb conspiracy #planned obsolescence