I've become increasingly concerned about disposal consumerism -- we don't bother fixing things anymore. good has the link to The Repair Manifesto. I like it!
As a ham, and as a boatanchor-loving ham, and as a collector of elderly stereo gear, I'm all about repair. Trouble is, a lot of our high-tech plastic compact sophisticated cool stuff, while "repairable" in the OED sense of the word, requires tools and techniques both esoteric and expensive. Fortunately, I'm sufficiently blessed to have plenty of the former and an aptitude for acquiring the latter.
One thing that, while implied, I don't think was explicitly stated in the Manifesto - repair other peoples' stuff too. There's plenty of room in the economy (especially as businesses relocate, go under, or whatever) for the jack-of-all-trades handyman of yore, someone equally at home fixing a stereo, clearing a sewer, tuning up a car, retubing a bike tire, or restoring some suck to the vacuum. :-)
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densaer) wrote,
March 4 2009, 02:07:38 UTC 3 years ago
One thing that, while implied, I don't think was explicitly stated in the Manifesto - repair other peoples' stuff too. There's plenty of room in the economy (especially as businesses relocate, go under, or whatever) for the jack-of-all-trades handyman of yore, someone equally at home fixing a stereo, clearing a sewer, tuning up a car, retubing a bike tire, or restoring some suck to the vacuum. :-)
March 4 2009, 17:44:40 UTC 3 years ago
Our stuff is too technical for the average person, but there's gotta be a better way.