Question

In "Excerpt from Gadgets: Built To Not Last," what does the phrase "throwaway culture” in
paragraph 3 suggest about our society? Use two details from the excerpt to support your response.

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Industry has made devices that are far more expensive to repair (to fix what's wrong) than to replace.  A throwaway culture is one that falls into that category. We don't repair things. We throw them away.

I have a printer sitting in my room. It prints in color. It is the only printer I own that does. And yet I never use it. It is unplugged and sits on the top shelf of a storage cabinate. The author makes exactly the same point I'm describing. And yet I don't want to throw the printer away. I know I will never use it again and I should throw it away, but my frugal sense tells me not to, so I don't.

Phones are the same way. I was surprised to learn that phones are sealed so the battery cannot be replaced. You cannot repair such a phone. You can only clutter the landfill with it.

That's alarming. The author has a solution. Don't buy such devices. If you don't buy it, they won't make it.

Answer 2

Gadgets: Built To Not Last is written by Mike Elgan. The phrase "throwaway culture" means that the gadgets are thrown away when not in need or are not repaired.  

What is the throwaway culture about?

The content is about electronic gadgets, devices and systems. The repairing of these devices are more expensive and people now have adapted to the throwaway culture where they do not repair the gadgets.

The depiction of the ideal and useless printer by the author, sealed phones that cannot separate the batteries are the instances that the author uses to depict the throwaway culture.

Therefore, throwaway culture does not believe in repairing things.

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