Pyramids of Waste -or- The Lightbulb Conspiracy is a documentary about how our economic system is based on consumerism and planned obsolescence. Lightbulbs could last for decades, but then how would the manufactures make money? The first nylon stockings were practically indestructible, so DuPont told their engineers to make a new formula that would tear and get runs. Inkjet printers that simply stop working after a certain number of pages get printed - but don't worry, someone came up with software to reset the counter and get more use out of that printer. Then there is the social engineering of conditioning people to replace their perfectly functional stuff with new crap on a continuous basis. Finally, more of the heartbreaking scenes of poor people in third world nations dealing with hazardous electronic refuse. All that and more awaits in this film. Maybe after watching it you will start to think more critically about what you purchase.
Link to the film. (In English and a few other languages, but this version has complete English subtitles.)
seen the film, and its an eye opener on our through away approach. a must see. i found it very informative.
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