“There are alternatives.
There is time, and therefore hope.”
– Benito Muros
Benito Muros is one of the only businessmen in the world who hasn’t accepted planned obsolescence – the policy developed by many large multinational companies that aims to create products that cease to become functional after a period of time so that the product must be purchased again.
Muros has created an everlasting light bulb and established the SOP Movement
(Sin Obsolescencia Programada = Without Planned Obsolescence).
If products were created to last, then a market for second-hand goods would emerge, giving ...
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