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Automation? Oh is that how you see Foxconn employees? That would explain quite a bit... Most of light and heavy manufacturing is done somewhere else. Electroni

by andreiw 10y ago

Automation? Oh is that how you see Foxconn employees? That would explain quite a bit... Most of light and heavy manufacturing is done somewhere else. Electronics. Housewares. Clothing. Tools. Equipment. Cars. Materials, both raw and those undergoing technological processing. High tech. A service economy? That's nice - but there are only so many prostitutes, bank clerks and Mickey D employees required, so what is everyone else going to do? Navel gaze? Fill jails? Starve? More importantly, what are you going to offer the rest of the world in exchange for all that stuff you can't make anymore? Democracy? Or just bomb them? At some point even bombs will be hard to make, due to lack of necessary facilities, equipment, materials, knowledge and experience. Just see how well "resurrecting" last century's space knowledge has worked out for NASA.

bsder 10y ago
> Automation? Oh is that how you see Foxconn employees? That would explain quite a bit... Even if you "resurrect" manufacturing, automation means less people. Quoting: http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/innovation/2015/05/why-ati-spent-1-2b-on-its-brackenridge-facility.html http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/innovation/2015/0... "Perhaps most surprising about the HRPF was the relative lack of employees on the floor of the massive facility. While ATI employs about 2,500 throughout western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, the technology and automation of the HRPF only requires seven operators and nine maintenance employees per shift, making the operation safer and more efficient, according to Deluca." That's not a recipe for a manufacturing job resurgence independently of whether you think that is good or bad.
- madengr 10y ago
  Wow, cool facility. That is some automation.