In the second part of Made to Break, Slade generally sums up the histories of innovative new technologies like the radio, television, synthetic silk, to more modern inventions differential analyzers, analog computing, etc. Slade argues that "many of the things that happened in this country have happened as a result of obsolescence-automobiles and other things" (98). Slade also argues that although technologies like automobiles and televisions are different their philosophy is the same. The emergence of transistors and printed circuits marked the obsolescence of consumer electronics because it made them unrepairable. Moreover, miniaturization of products also increased the demand for electronics. Furthermore, by the 50's product life spans we predetermined also known as "death dating."
the theme of "Technopoly's" technocracy was prevalent where science and technology prevails over human knowledge and logic. This is evident in the rise of graphical mechanical instruments and it's value among students over problem solving.
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