Programmed Obsolesence

A great documentary on La 2 last night about programmed obsolescence. If you suspected that stuff about lightbulbs was the paranoid imaginings of conspiracy theorists- check this out. Lightbulbs could last indefinitely, Nylon tights were originally designed to be ladder-free and as for your i-Pod...

Here's the link to the documentary (Spanish):

http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20110104/productos-consumo-duran-cada-vez-menos/392498.shtml

And here's one to a pioneer in the field, Bernard London, as early as 1932 (English):

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/London_%281932%29_Ending_the_depression_through_planned_obsolescence.pdf