Daniel McGinn, author of House Lust: America’s Obsession With our Homes writes an article in Wired’s January 2008 edition focused on technolust and how it brought down the housing market.
My favorite quote:
So how do you reduce people’s desire to flip perfectly good dwellings for shiny new ones? Start out by building homes that even 21st-century gadget hounds won’t want to leave — because they’re easier to upgrade. (Relying on a distant future when every technology is magically wireless is cheating — plumbing will always need pipes, and unless you think the work of Nikola Tesla is due for a renaissance, electricity will always need wires.)
We couldn’t agree with you more Dan.
Story [link] thanks WIRED
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