8.08.2006

progress?

In the next few hours the third billionth cell phone will be produced.

The first billion phones took 6 years to produce. The second billion phones took 2 years to produce. The third billion phones took 18 months to produce.

Learn about the crazy effects of planned obsolesence and technology here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

crazy, i am not even getting a land line when i get home

Anonymous said...

can we get a series of tin-cans-with-strings at our new house?

i know it sounds old-fashioned, but i promise to use rust-proof cans and really solid twine.