11 years ago

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." 

"There is an old saying that the competitive market model seeks to create the best possible goods at the lowest possible prices. This statement is essentially the incentive concept which justifies market competition, based on the assumption that the result is the production of higher quality goods. If I was going to build myself a table from scratch, I would naturally build it out of the best most durable materials possible, right? With the intent for it to last as long as possible. Why would I want to make something poor knowing I would have to eventually do it again and expend more materials and more energy? Well, as rational as that may seem in the physical world, when it comes to the market world it is not only explicitly irrational, it is not even an option" says Peter Joseph beautifully in the following VIDEO HERE. To better understand the detrimental affect of this model on the planet, isolate in your mind one product for example – cellphones. How many cellphones have you personally gone through? Exactly!