A very slanted and black and white presentation of an issue that's much more complex.
Around the 13th minute she claims that computers are designed to be obsolete in a few years and says that she opened a computer to see what's inside and why. She claims that "only one little part changes each time" and they show this puzzle piece that's the magically changing piece. I assume she's talking about the CPU. I guess she thinks that nothing else changes in a new computer? Not RAM, not interfaces, not video cards... WTF? I do agree with her basic argument that the linear consumer pattern is unsustainable - one that that starts with raw materials and ends with a landfill or incinerator. However, her desire to blame the entire thing on "evil corporations" (aka: you and I) is misplaced. I think it's important to reduce pollution, better understand how different materials effect our environment, and find better ways to reduce, recycle, reuse - but there is alot of propaganda and misleading arguments in this presentation. Not the worst I have seen, but it's still misleading. -Cameron On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey guys, > > Someone sent me this link, and while having lunch I decided to visit it. > It's very interesting, and gets the entire concept of manufacturing, > production, consumer spending, waste etc. across in just 20 minutes. > > While we may subconsciously know all this, it was still a great explanation. > > Take a look, it's really just 20 minutes long :) > > http://www.storyofstuff.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308177 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
