Comments on: The story of more stuff (part 1) http://simpletom.co.uk/2009/10/06/the-story-of-more-stuff-part-1/ Explorations of simplicity and simple living Tue, 29 May 2012 12:00:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Morgan http://simpletom.co.uk/2009/10/06/the-story-of-more-stuff-part-1/#comment-54 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:32:42 +0000 http://simpletom.co.uk/?p=98#comment-54 Great article! With all the education out there about reduce-reuse-recycle, it’s pretty baffling how quick we are to trade up for a newer model. I was inspired by the film “The World’s Fastest Indian”, where old Burt (Anthony Hopkins) reworks his old motorcycle over 25 years to go 150 MPH (200+ KPH?) faster than it was originally designed to. Ingenuity, not clever financing, is what’s going to sustain us.

BTW, I’m also reading Atlas Shrugged, have been for 6 months. I cannot even fathom the amount of “computer years” that went into typing it…

Morgan

]]> By: Technoslick http://simpletom.co.uk/2009/10/06/the-story-of-more-stuff-part-1/#comment-53 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:57:22 +0000 http://simpletom.co.uk/?p=98#comment-53 Amen. I’ve been providing computer-based solutions for over 20 years. I still believe it should be fixed at least twice before replacing, that if it’s still working it has a usefulness that can still be exploited, that I don’t have to spend money just because marketers tell me I will be better off for having done so. If it’s not broken, maybe it doesn’t need to be fixed. When it is broken, shouldn’t it be fixed before replaced? Of course. Why have so many of us been lead astray or plain forgotten?

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