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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:36 Planned Obsolescence: the Basics
18:16 The Value of Everything (That Exists)
28:43 The Goddamn Environment
34:28 Born of the Depression
46:26 ...and that's why

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References (in rough order of appearance)
Check out https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyItForLife/ for funsies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzWU7D0S9_8&pp=ygUqb3VyIGNoYW5naW5nIGNsaW1hdGUgcFtsYW5uZSBkb2Jzb2xlc25jZWNl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5v8D-alAKE&pp=ygUedmVyaXRhc2l1bSBwbGFubmVkIGJzb2xlc25jZWNl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTbrXiIzUt4&pp=ygUgbWFycXVlcyBicm93bmxlZSByaWdodCB0byByZXBhaXI%3D
Stuff You Should Know https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ZDBWoSUQDTf8i0NfkYyOU?si=9ce404f7671a48ae
Made to Break, Giles Slade
The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy, Markus Krajewski https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-great-lightbulb-conspiracy
United States v. General Electric Co., 82 F. Supp. 753 (D.N.J. 1949) https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/82/753/1755675/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb7Bs98KmnY&list=WL&index=4&pp=gAQBiAQB 
‘Designed to break: planned obsolescence as corporate environmental crime’, Bisschop
Why fashion brands destroy billions’ worth of their own merchandise every year, Chavie Lieber https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/9/17/17852294/fashion-brands-burning-merchandise-burberry-nike-h-and-m
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmvdS3Rxw7I&  
Rescuing Conservatism: A Defense of Existing Value, G.A. Cohen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W91yzAe0V_4
Values in Repair, Houston et al, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2lmPIa1iWE
Disentangling the worldwide web of e-waste and climate change co-benefits, Singh and Ogunseitan
Mine e-waste, not the Earth, say scientists, Victoria Gill https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61350996
E-waste: An assessment of global production and environmental impacts, Robinson
Fixing the World One Thing at a Time: Community repair and a sustainable circular economy, der Velden
Ending the Depression Through Planned Obsolescence, London
The General Theory, Keynes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0WWbpBxLCI&pp=ygURZXZlcnkgdmlkZW8gZXNzYXk%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WyKYB4sg2Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi_fxwLBSFo&pp=ygURc2ltcHNvbnMgam9uYXMgY2s%3D 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WSKKolgL2U& 
Is There a Future for Left-Wing YouTube?, Nicholas Burman https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/11/the-art-of-left-wing-youtube/
‘We are losing money’: companies in Apple’s repair program say they can’t compete with tech giant, Josh Taylor https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/18/we-are-losing-money-companies-in-apples-repair-program-say-they-cant-compete-with-tech-giant