by operating on the
by operating on the principle of human and material obsolescence, America eats her history alive. Gail Sheehy
Obsolescence
Systems program building is
Systems program building is an entropy-decreasing process, hence inherently metastable. Program maintenance is an entropy-increasing process, and even its most skillful execution only delays the subsidence of the system into unfixable obsolescence. Fred Brooks
I think that to
I think that to acknowledge a new generation is to acknowledge some degree of obsolescence in yourself, and that is very hard to do and often comes with undeniable anger. Douglas Coupland
Today the West exists
Today the West exists only to bear witness to its own obsolescence. Dinesh D’Souza
The more subtle thing
The more subtle thing is more speculative. The world is well past its long-term carrying capacity for human beings living a European, much less an American, lifestyle predicated on planned obsolescence. International economic growth is largely a matter of accelerated movement of materials from mines and forests to the dump. Instead of saving and buying … Read more
But planned obsolescence is
But planned obsolescence is possible only if the rate of technological change is contained. David Harvey
Rant said that view
Rant said that view of time was set up so folks won’t live forever. It’s the planned obsolescence we’ve all agreed to…’Nothing says you have to swallow this,’ Rant told me. ‘You can always just die. Chuck Palahniuk
Parents accept their obsolescence
Parents accept their obsolescence with the best grace they can muster. . . they do all they can to make it easy for the younger generation to surpass the older, while secretly dreading the rejection that follows. Christopher Lasch
Obsolescence is a factor
Obsolescence is a factor which says that the new thing I bring you is worth more than the unused value of the old thing. Charles Kettering
Starving the future to
Starving the future to feed the present is a mistake – it leads to obsolescence and stagnation. Sometimes it is hard to make this understood. Burton Richter