Made to Break Pt.1

In Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America by Giles Slade the author discussed the fact that regardless of our new and various improvements in technology we need to do better as far as waste is concern. Overall, in regards to computers, televisons, cellular phones and other variations of technology that shape our everyday lives, we need to be more conscious of the disposal and re-using these products because we continuously improving in many ways, yet when we do we throw away the old for the new. This is becoming a problem that just keeps getting worse becasue the break down of these technical items is almost impossible. When reading I was able to really look at what we are doin and how we are backhandedly making improvements. I say this because alfthough scientist are thrilled to keep learning,keep creatiung but at the same time we don't make things that would be able to withstand generations. In my opinion I find that very interesting since we are living in age where we are continuously trying to search for ways to improvement the environment by "going green" and becoming more conscious of what we can do to help. In one instance what we can do is not be so quick to buy every new gadget and computerized device just to keep up with technology because in fact alot of the time there are mass mistakes being made throughout creation. I can't count how many time I've witnessed a receall on a new item that was all the craze. People standing in line overnight for hours only for the technical device to have servere glitches in it's system. I feel like American culture is very fixed on conservation yet not enough for it to trickle into their want but only to alter teir needs. What i mean by this statement is the fact that we will sometime make small changes for a cause just enough so it wont hurt us, perhaps bringing our own bags to the groceryt store to exemplify our position in society to seem like we're helping. However we are either not aware or not willing to examine our desires to stay as relevant as possible in society meaning how many gadgets we aquire as a family overall and still find the need to get something "NEW". We are all at fault  but i got a chance to really see how much waste we are causing as a generation. There was an analogy used in the book discussing how in generations past and in different cultures people like the egytians and romans took pride in creating things that would supercede their lifespan and the lifespan of their children. Today when I look around I really have to think about something that was created recently that would not be disqualified if time was the only factor of relevancy. Everything that is made no matter how incredible it is whenit comes out, i think of it as made to break. Questions arise whether we will be able to house all this wast if we keep this up. The first half of the book really showed the ideas behind the creations that were made, the disposal, cost, success, employment opportunities and development of the changes.