The most effective way to open a market is to identify the use of what is new as an important privilege. If this identification succeeds, the old model is devalued and the self-interest of the consumer is wedded to the ideology of never-ending and progressive consumption. Individuals are socially graded according to the number of years their bill of goods is out of date.
— Tools For Conviviality by Ivan Illich (68% - 69%)
Written a long while before yearly phone updates
