'Protecting and restoring repair will require us to rethink product design, recalibrate market incentives, and shift the social norms of our consumer culture to better reflect the value of repair' @APerzanowski (p 13) cambridge.org/core/books/rig… #repair#righttorepair
'When it comes to consumer devices, our current levels of consumption are untenable... Through repair, we can ease the environmental strain caused by modern consumerism without denying ourselves the benefits of technology.' @APerzanowski (p 27) cambridge.org/core/books/rig… #repair
'Building on the insights of 20th century planned obsolescence, device makers today have developed a sophisticated array of tools to discourage and obstruct repair.' @APerzanowski focuses on legal, market, and design restrictions on repair (p 72). cambridge.org/core/books/rig…
@APerzanowski 'Rather than one-off enforcement, [the FTC] should undertake a broader effort to reshape the market for repair, both to promote competition and to safeguard the interests of consumers'. @APerzanowski hopes regulators will take sustained action to realise #righttorepair (p 267)
#Olympics#Tokyo2020 (Saddest moment in New Zealand sport - since New Zealand lost the America's Cup in San Francisco from a dominant position).
(In 2013, Team New Zealand were up 8-1 in the America's Cup and lost 8-9 in the end to Oracle Team USA en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Amer… New Zealand did not really get over this loss until they decisively won the America's Cup in 2017.)