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Hi. Author here. Really sorry about all the issues. (1) Sorry for the bugs -- misconfigured subscribe tool has been removed and you can use http to access the site as there is an issue with the https config on the new landing page (2) Graphs have the axes explained in the text. Removing them from the figures was recommended as a marketing hack, but very ill-advised. I'll get the figures updated within the next half-h…
There will be a point in time where reshoring (landing the manufacturing back in the country where goods are sold) becomes viable because human labor wont be used. If China hasnt grown its economy big enough to be a consumer of its own products to maintain employment for its citizens things will get ugly (USSR?). It will be interesting to see how their economy based on being the manufacturing hub of the world survive…
Chinese factories are already highly automated, indeed China has invested a lot into automation, much more so than the US has. The technical talent for automation lives in China, thanks to the Chinese government taking a long term view of research and development. On top of that, the infrastructure for manufacturing exists in China. To give an example: You have a factory that makes a complex device. In theory, that f…
And Foxconn buys all their automation technology in Germany ;)
Hi. Author here. Really sorry about all the issues. (1) Sorry for the bugs -- misconfigured subscribe tool has been removed and you can use http to access the site as there is an issue with the https config on the new landing page (2) Graphs have the axes explained in the text. Removing them from the figures was recommended as a marketing hack, but very ill-advised. I'll get the figures updated within the next half-h…
..and there all my preconceptions of marketing people sadly reconfirmed.