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How Has Your World Changed?

January 17, 2019  |  Craig Smith  |  1 min read

Becky says we’re a “throwaway society,” and she worries this trend in replacing broken things instead of fixing them is only getting worse. She thinks her neighbors in Kansas City and elsewhere are becoming too reliant on a quick fix, instead of learning to do it themselves.

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