THE END OF
OBSOLESCENCE
THE WEB AS GROUND ZERO FOR
THE POST-CONSUMER ECONOMY
by LANE BECKER & THOR MULLER
PREVIEW
I. How We Got Here
II. A New Dynamic
III.Rewiring the System
I.
HOW WE GOT HERE
“
COLLAPSITARIAN
”
Things are getting better
GOOD NEWS!
precisely because
Things are getting worse
CRASH!
BOOM!
UH OH.
350%
TOTAL CREDIT MARKET DEBT AS A % OF GDP

•
Companies (sell stuff => hire people)
•
Employees (get paid, benefits)
•
Buyers (want new and improved)
•

VALUE DESTRUCTION AT WORK
OH SHIT!
{
“Job Losses Hint at Vast
Remaking of U.S. Economy”
/>HITTING
BOTTOM
REBIRTH
MARCO POLO
1254-1325
“BEATUS”
MAP
CATALAN ATLAS
1375
PTOLEMY
90-168
RISE OF THE
MERCHANT CLASS
THE AGE OF
EXPLORATION
THE RISE OF DEMOCRACY
MANIFEST DESTINY