> Some manufacturing/assembly has been moved to the US. The amount of assembly work done in the US is absolutely miniscule. This type of work is never coming back to the US in any meaningful volume unless it can be done…
This is a complicated subject, but I'll make a comment about: > Sure, but a product made entirely overseas results in 0 wages (for the manufacturing of the product) for American workers. American brands like Apple…
I can't speak to the two products you gave as examples, but Made in America (or the West) is not always as clear-cut as people think it is. Origin is complicated and what gets printed on a label rarely tells the full…
If your friend is interested in not missing out on opportunities like this going forward, he should check out my company, NumberGoUp.ai.
> Of course there is, if I think that something can be done to improve the human condition I would try to study the impediments to it. But what are you "studying"? You haven't actually tried to engage with my…
> You're the definition of self-fulfilling prophecy, you've locked yourself in your own prison of despair and hypersensitivity, nobody is doing anything to you, but you keep whining and being "sad', craving to lock…
We're older. We missed out on the AI boom and the really juicy stock grants. Throw in toys that depreciate in value, tuition for the kids, a couple divorces/trophy wives, etc. and the money goes fast. It's amazing we…
> I’ve been in tech for 10 years, don’t have anywhere close to 5 million. You're doing it wrong!
Yeah. In my circle, everyone using HN is worth at least $25-35M. Liquid. Except for one guy, but he's 16 and will probably be the richest on paper once his AI agent startup's pre-Seed Series Z closes.
How quickly we've gone from "humans need to stop warring with each other and focus on global security and prosperity for all" to "people offended by the truth don't work in opposition to good ideas, they're useless…
> I gather, because of my insinuations your faith in humanity sank to a new low? It took too little, too fast, what happened to "sticks and stones"? Being too sensitive is the foundation of conflict, it prevents the…
> The only conclusion I can draw, is that humans need to stop warring with each other and focus on global security and prosperity for all... I'd love for that too, but there's very little evidence to support the notion…
Taiwan is a very wealthy country with very high housing prices. $2m NTD is not a "bad" wage for a factory worker but it isn't anywhere near "high pay", especially when you see the nature of the work and demands.
It might not even be a "someone".
Life on earth is a tree with branches. The folly is believing that humans are the tip of the only branch that matters to the tree. Upwards of 99% of all species that have ever existed on earth are now extinct. Human…
I'm not suggesting it would be, but it sure is interesting to see people who are far better educated and have way more historical perspective than the average 1930s German did be so eager (or complacent) to follow in…
People should consider the possibility that a viable alternative isn't coming, and that humanity is entering a very dark period (on multiple fronts) that there's no guarantee it will survive.
You can read up on hunter-gatherer societies if you're interested. Labor and specialization are not unique to modern-day work. Both hunter-gatherer societies and our modern industrial society have labor and…
My comment was clearly looking at the historical and anthropological context, and raising the philosophical question about whether modern work is ideal and ever was sustainable. But if you want to have a less…
You can focus on the word, but the substance is actually what I was more interested in. Most people living today take it for granted that modern "work" is the way it is and the way it should be. Few people have the…
> I'm not sure this product in isolation increases the number of tablet viewing toddlers. Probably not, but it just adds another measure of normalization for something all the evidence suggests is insidiously harmful to…
While somewhat controversial, a different perspective: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_affluent_society Modern concepts of "work" and how we relate to work are quite new and it's just an assumption that we're "on…
So in Hitler's Germany, you would have been one of the Germans who felt a bit uneasy about the trains, death camps, etc., and then put on your uniform to carry out your orders?
It might very well be. Poe's Law. But there is actually a not-insignificant group of people who believe this sort of thing. Or would go along with it if they thought it was in some way logical and they wouldn't be among…
The irony of comments like this is that the vast majority of people who make them would not be in the group they think they belong to.
> Some manufacturing/assembly has been moved to the US. The amount of assembly work done in the US is absolutely miniscule. This type of work is never coming back to the US in any meaningful volume unless it can be done…
This is a complicated subject, but I'll make a comment about: > Sure, but a product made entirely overseas results in 0 wages (for the manufacturing of the product) for American workers. American brands like Apple…
I can't speak to the two products you gave as examples, but Made in America (or the West) is not always as clear-cut as people think it is. Origin is complicated and what gets printed on a label rarely tells the full…
If your friend is interested in not missing out on opportunities like this going forward, he should check out my company, NumberGoUp.ai.
> Of course there is, if I think that something can be done to improve the human condition I would try to study the impediments to it. But what are you "studying"? You haven't actually tried to engage with my…
> You're the definition of self-fulfilling prophecy, you've locked yourself in your own prison of despair and hypersensitivity, nobody is doing anything to you, but you keep whining and being "sad', craving to lock…
We're older. We missed out on the AI boom and the really juicy stock grants. Throw in toys that depreciate in value, tuition for the kids, a couple divorces/trophy wives, etc. and the money goes fast. It's amazing we…
> I’ve been in tech for 10 years, don’t have anywhere close to 5 million. You're doing it wrong!
Yeah. In my circle, everyone using HN is worth at least $25-35M. Liquid. Except for one guy, but he's 16 and will probably be the richest on paper once his AI agent startup's pre-Seed Series Z closes.
How quickly we've gone from "humans need to stop warring with each other and focus on global security and prosperity for all" to "people offended by the truth don't work in opposition to good ideas, they're useless…
> I gather, because of my insinuations your faith in humanity sank to a new low? It took too little, too fast, what happened to "sticks and stones"? Being too sensitive is the foundation of conflict, it prevents the…
> The only conclusion I can draw, is that humans need to stop warring with each other and focus on global security and prosperity for all... I'd love for that too, but there's very little evidence to support the notion…
Taiwan is a very wealthy country with very high housing prices. $2m NTD is not a "bad" wage for a factory worker but it isn't anywhere near "high pay", especially when you see the nature of the work and demands.
It might not even be a "someone".
Life on earth is a tree with branches. The folly is believing that humans are the tip of the only branch that matters to the tree. Upwards of 99% of all species that have ever existed on earth are now extinct. Human…
I'm not suggesting it would be, but it sure is interesting to see people who are far better educated and have way more historical perspective than the average 1930s German did be so eager (or complacent) to follow in…
People should consider the possibility that a viable alternative isn't coming, and that humanity is entering a very dark period (on multiple fronts) that there's no guarantee it will survive.
You can read up on hunter-gatherer societies if you're interested. Labor and specialization are not unique to modern-day work. Both hunter-gatherer societies and our modern industrial society have labor and…
My comment was clearly looking at the historical and anthropological context, and raising the philosophical question about whether modern work is ideal and ever was sustainable. But if you want to have a less…
You can focus on the word, but the substance is actually what I was more interested in. Most people living today take it for granted that modern "work" is the way it is and the way it should be. Few people have the…
> I'm not sure this product in isolation increases the number of tablet viewing toddlers. Probably not, but it just adds another measure of normalization for something all the evidence suggests is insidiously harmful to…
While somewhat controversial, a different perspective: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_affluent_society Modern concepts of "work" and how we relate to work are quite new and it's just an assumption that we're "on…
So in Hitler's Germany, you would have been one of the Germans who felt a bit uneasy about the trains, death camps, etc., and then put on your uniform to carry out your orders?
It might very well be. Poe's Law. But there is actually a not-insignificant group of people who believe this sort of thing. Or would go along with it if they thought it was in some way logical and they wouldn't be among…
The irony of comments like this is that the vast majority of people who make them would not be in the group they think they belong to.