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The Usefulness Trap

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A friend has sent you the following article from PopMatters.com Column: The Usefulness Trap by Rob Horning 16 November 2005 Removed from the velvet-draped display; torn from the colorful packaging; off the rack and in the closet... it's just not all it seemed to be. The use value falls so short of the hype value of commodities, that actual ownership and use of a thing is disappointing if not disillusioning. Link: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/53904/horning051116/ PopMatters Popular Voices, Cultural Matters http://www.popmatters.com/

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