When technology is available and you fail to embrace it to maximize efficiency in competition and operations, you turn off consumers and disappoint your loyal fans.
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Another part of planned obsolescence is when the products you buy are designed to fail after a certain amount of time.
Like council tax on homes, the bills fail to adjust downwards when you fall on hard times, and nor do they rise when income booms.
In fact, data from every Falcon 1 launch was used to make our two Falcon 9 flights a huge success, which is even more remarkable when you consider that 50% of new rocket designs fail in their first launches.
When you talk to people who think like you do, you end up thinking the same, and you fail to see reality.
Mr. BRENDAN NYHAN: (PhD Candidate, Duke University, Author, "When Corrections Fail: The Persistence Of Political Misperceptions"): Thank you.
When these corporations and wealthy Americans fail to pay up, who do you imagine is forced to bear the fiscal burdens in their place?
But when you think about it, there is something heroic about keeping up a battle even if it is doomed to fail, simply because it is the right thing to do.
When a business model is threatened you can adapt, use the force of law and protectionism to save you, or fail.
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