The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:43 pm
Originally heard about this on the Planet Money podcast, and then I found this article.
The Phoebus cartel engineered a shorter-lived lightbulb and gave birth to planned obsolescence
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/ ... conspiracy
If you prefer to listen to the Podcast:
https://one.npr.org/i/707382853:707479231
The Phoebus cartel engineered a shorter-lived lightbulb and gave birth to planned obsolescence
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/ ... conspiracy
If you prefer to listen to the Podcast:
https://one.npr.org/i/707382853:707479231