Originally Posted by midnightio

Interesting thread. I watched this 52min video 'The Light-bulb Conspiracy' 2 days ago on a flight back from Hong Kong. I had NO idea that there was a concerted effort from the 1920s-30s to control the lifespan of a light-bulb, globally!

A global organization that shared technology and patents to control the lifespan of light-bulbs -- working to bring it down to a 1000-hour lifespan.

It then jumps into talking about 'planned obsolescence' -- starting with the ink jet printer which starts and ends the video.

I never knew...

If someone with a higher post count can kindly repost the link:

www <dot> youtube <dot> com/watch?v=I5DCwN28y8o