The Great Light Bulb Conspiracy

Planned Obsolescence is such a beautiful sounding robbery.

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In this video:

In a dim corner of Fire Station #6 in Livermore, California hangs a truly extraordinary object...a lightbulb. But this is no ordinary lightbulb. First installed in 1901, it has been burning almost continuously ever since, having only been switched off a handful of times in nearly 120 years. The
Livermore Centennial Bulb has become something of a local celebrity, with the city throwing it a
birthday party in 2001 attended by over 1000 people...


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Dannoritzer, Cosima (dir.) Pret-a-Jeter / The Light Bulb Conspiracy ARTE/Article Z 2010:
   • Planned Obsolescence documentary - Th...  

Krajewski, Markus, The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy, IEEE Spectrum, September 24, 2014:
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Livermore, California’s Centennial Light: https://www.centennialbulb.org

Report on the Supply of Electric Lamps, The Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission,
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MacKinnon, J.B, The L.E.D Quandary: Why There’s No Such Thing as “Built to Last”, The New Yorker, July 14, 2016

Gaughen, Patrick, Structural Inefficiency in the Early Twentieth Century: Studies in the Aluminum
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