I believe in status symbols. Brooks Stevens More Quotes by Brooks Stevens More Quotes From Brooks Stevens Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence...we make good products, we induce people to buy them, and then the next year we deliberately introduce something that will make these products old-fashioned, out of date, obsolete. Brooks Stevens next-year people years Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence, and anyone who can read without moving his lips should know it by now. Brooks Stevens moved-on moving-on lips Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence. Brooks Stevens sustainability environmental economy