Politicians were fiddling

While hedge funds and banks were busy robbing us blind, politicians were busy with important things the world over - like banning various types of light bulbs. Congress did it and so did some commission in the EU. Ingo Mauer, the lighting designer offered his own form of creative protest at the Milan Furniture Fair. At least in Europe, they can still use an incandescent bulb, while it will shortly be banned in the US. Forget that lovely little "instant on" incandescent light bulb, in the future it will take almost as long to get light from a light fixture as it does to boot up your computer.