[swagasaurus-rex]

What would happen if we actually made things to last?

If our appliances would break on average once in a hundred years?

If our tools were so durable it could survive generations?

If our furniture and our building materials could be reused almost endlessly?

Would the economy shrink? Would the manufacturers go out of business? Or would all the money saved go towards other, better things?

[JohnFen]

If we built things that way, it would have huge improvements with the environment, resource usage, and other problems that plague us and seem intractable.

Would our economy shrink? Probably, since our economy is based on ever-expanding growth. The better question, in my view, is "would that be a bad thing?"

[manvillej]

unless we build the wrong things.

[klum]

I agree with the article, but was thinking along the same lines.

What if a business actually takes a long-term view: investing in standards and fostering it's ecosystem instead of trying to outmaneuver competitors using any short-term tricks available? What if a company makes a great dishwasher and only change it when they can improve it? Will they inevitably be driven into extinction or bought up by more short-term profit-hungry enterprises? Maybe... but is that really inevitable?

[ukuina]

> Would the manufacturers go out of business?

Apparently so, e.g., "The Instant Pot" (https://archive.is/DKBzB)