The End of Obsolescence

THE END OF OBSOLESCENCE

THE WEB AS GROUND ZERO FOR THE POST-CONSUMER ECONOMYby LANE BECKER & THOR MULLER

PREVIEW

I. How We Got Here

II. A New Dynamic

III.Rewiring the System

I.HOW WE GOT HERE

“COLLAPSITARIAN

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Things are getting better

GOOD NEWS!

precisely because

Things are getting worse

CRASH!BOOM!

UH OH.

350%TOTAL CREDIT MARKET DEBT AS A % OF GDP

• Companies (sell stuff => hire people)

• Employees (get paid, benefits)

• Buyers (want new and improved)

• Debtors (borrow to afford)

• Banks (lend)

• China (lend to lenders!)

• Shareholders (cash in)

• Media (promote the system)

• Politicians (represent the system)

DISPOSABLE CULTURE

HOORAY FOR CONSUMERISM

PLANNED

OBSOLESC

ENCE

LOCK-IN

GROWTH IS EVERYTHING

BIGGER I

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AS SEEN ON TV!

THE OWNERSHIP

SOCIETY

THOSE WHO CREATE VALUETHOSE WHO CREATE

THINGS OF NO VALUEText

THOSE WHO MOVE VALUE AROUND

THE GREAT COMPRESSION

VALUE DESTRUCTION AT WORK

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“Job Losses Hint at Vast Remaking of U.S. Economy”

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HITTINGBOTTOM

REBIRTH

MARCO POLO1254-1325

“BEATUS” MAP

CATALAN ATLAS1375

PTOLEMY90-168

RISE OF THE MERCHANT CLASS

THE AGE OFEXPLORATION

THE RISE OF DEMOCRACY

MANIFEST DESTINY

ASPIRATIONALCONSUMPTION

SPACE RACE

CONSUMERISM

TIME FLIES LIKE A...

II. A NEW DYNAMIC

CH-CH-CH-CHANGES

MARCO POLO REDUX

• Redefine what is imaginable

• Reshape demand

• New relationship to information

THE DIAMOND AGE

The Universal Copymachine

Physics + Culture at the heart of the problem

A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT

Doing More in the Land of Less

THE BUFFALO CULTURE

USING THE WHOLE ANIMAL

THE WHOLE CUSTOMER

Needs

Emotions

Ideas

Expertise

Social Network

Quality Assurance

Engagement

Transactions

6 THEMES OF THE BUFFALO CULTURE

PURPOSEINTEGRATED INTO THE LIFE OF TRIBE

HIDDEN VALUE

...IN THINGS WE USED

TO DISMISS

A MIGRATORY PATH

GATHERINGOF THE TRIBES

CONSTRAINTS BREED INNOVATION

REVERENCE

III. REWIRING THE

SYSTEM

MIRACLE OF THE COMMONS

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THE REPAIR CULTURE

THE CURSE OF INNOVATION

THE BLESSING OF INNOVATION

CUSTOMER COMMUNITIES FOR EVERYTHING

AN ECOSYSTEM IS BORN

REPUTATION SCALED

COLLECTIVE REP

TIDY TOWNS

THE LOANERSHIP SOCIETY

UTILIZE THIS!

SUBSCRIPTION MODELS FOR EVERYTHING

PRIDE OF OWNERSHIPVS. STEWARDSHIP

VIRTUAL PRODUCTION

GOODS VS. BETTERS

EFFORTLESS MARKET FORMATION

PLATFORMIZATION OF THE PLANET

NEW METRICS

WATTZON.ORG

GROSS NATIONALHAPPINESS (GNH)

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