I don't know what is happening, Big Bicks, but the more we consolidate a number of CHIPS into just one CHIP and make them cheaper as a result, the more we produce them to keep up with more demand for them; then, as we find ways to make them cheaper still (like produce them where labor is cheaper---like in the Far East), we maintain profitability by selling more of them!...
You are right, that new monitor cost less than the one I threw away; But, since then, I bought another Monitor along with another Computer---to address the growing interest of more people at home on such devices.
There's a danger of over-production, though, like what happened in 1995...After that, the demand for CHIPS is more than ever!...
When will it end?...I guess, when BioTechnology develops each own equivalent---a living thing that function like a CHIP, that something that can bear children of its own... |