Project Pox can be contagious. Those afflicted often ask what’s in pandora’s box. The afflicted may desire fresh air, stare into space, suffer selective hearing and exhibit a prediliction for gathering items in disrepair for later tinkering.

No known cure. To some it is procrastination but it is both proactive and reactive. Obtaining an item for free, can lead to hours of entertainment (suffering) as the afflicted makes it better. Time sunk fallacy is rarely seen by the afflicted as they tend to gain energy from the gamble involved. Obtaining items for cheap, less than market value, also leads the afflicted to work WITH the inconveniences of something old or in disrepair when there is no repairability or a monetary cost too high.

To combat dynamic obsolescence, the afflicted will use what is available and sometimes work with what they want to give a second life cycle. This shapes the outcome through the limits of the chosen obsolete object. This also conserves resources and at times, avoids the other variant of dynamic obsolescence which is premature failure from production cost-savings. Not always do the products we use fall prey to perceived obsolescence as the newest version comes to market.