Bring Me Your Accents. Immigration Fuels Innovation
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Bring Me Your Accents. Immigration Fuels Innovation
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#2Immigration also increases the size of the labor pool, driving down wages.
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#3There is nothing in the article that suggests that accents lead to innovation. I'm not fully aware of the PG controversy but maybe he's privileged to some data that we aren't. Stating stats shouldn't be rebutted with fluff pieces.
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#4I guess this might be a good place to ask -- are there any good places people can recommend for accent training? I can write English pretty decently (in fact, probably better than most of the American people I have seen - but I guess Dunning-Kruger might be involved.) But I still retain the accent of my native country, which somewhat hampers me in the US (specially if PG thinks people like that are clueless.)
So, can people recommend any good online courses / institutes where I can improve my accent to bring it more in line with the standard American one?
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#5I guess this might be a good place to ask -- are there any good places people can recommend for accent training? I can write English pretty decently (in fact, probably better than most of the American people I have seen - but I guess Dunning-Kruger might be involved.) But I still retain the accent of my native country, which somewhat hampers me in the US (specially if PG thinks people like that are clueless.) So, can…
Re: Bring Me Your Accents. Immigration Fuels Innovation
#6I guess this might be a good place to ask -- are there any good places people can recommend for accent training? I can write English pretty decently (in fact, probably better than most of the American people I have seen - but I guess Dunning-Kruger might be involved.) But I still retain the accent of my native country, which somewhat hampers me in the US (specially if PG thinks people like that are clueless.) So, can…
https://www.udemy.com/american-accent-training-for-it-profes...
Ugh. First think I clicked on there told me to prounounce it "Ennerprise" and "innegrade" :)
Seriously though, thanks. Will check it out.
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#7Slightly offtopic: The whole idea of the immigration restrictions is ridiculous. There is not a single justification for it. Unless of course you believe that somehow your people deserve better than everyone else.
When people bring up the fact that it drives down wages and residents lose as a result - why don't they also mention that residents win by getting a cheaper product or a service?
When people bring up the welfare question and the fact that foreigners might take advantage of it, why don't they think of a simple solution: not providing it?!
The US was built on the hard work of immigrants. People seem to forget this.
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#8This whole "controversy" is so stupid. It consists of people taking pg's words out of context and assigning the maximally stupid interpretation to them. I mean, are there any examples of successful U.S. based founders who have accents that are so heavy that you struggle to understand what they are saying? I'm genuinely curious.
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#9So, he's not criticizing Paul Graham for making the statement (and admits he understands Graham isn't anti-immigrant or anti-foreigner), but is instead criticizing him for not taking responsibility for how his words might be taken out of context by everyone else? Is that it?
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