Re: [Marxism] Fwd: The High Cost of Gadgetry

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I reviewed a really good book on this subject called Challenging the Chip
, which is worth a
read.

Matt Bewig

On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:18 AM, Patrick Bond via Marxism <
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> Another classic: http://storyofelectronics.com/
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> On 2017/06/02 03:38 PM, Louis Proyect wrote:
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>> Two new documentaries will make you look differently at your electronic
>> gadgets, especially the cool iPhone or other products from Apple whose logo
>> might be changed to a skull-and-crossbones after seeing “Death by Design”
>> and “Complicit”. They examine the damage done to both the workers who
>> produce them and the environment, especially in China, as well as raise
>> important questions about the meaning of “progress”. If being able to use
>> an iPhone to pay for your Starbucks coffee comes at the expense of a
>> leukemia epidemic for Foxconn workers and making 60 percent of China’s
>> groundwater unsuitable for drinking, then the whole question of progress
>> has to be thought through.
>>
>> full: http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/06/02/the-high-cost-of-gadgetry/
>>
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Re: [Marxism] Fwd: The High Cost of Gadgetry

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Another classic: http://storyofelectronics.com/

On 2017/06/02 03:38 PM, Louis Proyect wrote:


Two new documentaries will make you look differently at your 
electronic gadgets, especially the cool iPhone or other products from 
Apple whose logo might be changed to a skull-and-crossbones after 
seeing “Death by Design” and “Complicit”. They examine the damage done 
to both the workers who produce them and the environment, especially 
in China, as well as raise important questions about the meaning of 
“progress”. If being able to use an iPhone to pay for your Starbucks 
coffee comes at the expense of a leukemia epidemic for Foxconn workers 
and making 60 percent of China’s groundwater unsuitable for drinking, 
then the whole question of progress has to be thought through.


full: http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/06/02/the-high-cost-of-gadgetry/



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[Marxism] Fwd: The High Cost of Gadgetry

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Two new documentaries will make you look differently at your electronic 
gadgets, especially the cool iPhone or other products from Apple whose 
logo might be changed to a skull-and-crossbones after seeing “Death by 
Design” and “Complicit”. They examine the damage done to both the 
workers who produce them and the environment, especially in China, as 
well as raise important questions about the meaning of “progress”. If 
being able to use an iPhone to pay for your Starbucks coffee comes at 
the expense of a leukemia epidemic for Foxconn workers and making 60 
percent of China’s groundwater unsuitable for drinking, then the whole 
question of progress has to be thought through.


full: http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/06/02/the-high-cost-of-gadgetry/
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