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I worry that we will be missing out on the category of new design ideas that are developed while building something. Out of a factory full of people intimately
by pkteison 15y ago
I worry that we will be missing out on the category of new design ideas that are developed while building something. Out of a factory full of people intimately familiar with making a widget, a few of those people should have some pretty good ideas for a better widget or a better way to make the widget. But these days, if the factory is in the US, there are almost no people in it.
- patrickgzill 15y agoSome of the highend, big-dollar audiophile tube stuff is now coming out of China... the tube factories moved to lower-wage areas (out of the USA) and to places like China. Someone capitalized on the combination of (easy available tubes) + (ability to be able to custom-assemble in small qty) + specialized design.
- SkyMarshal 15y agoThat is exactly Andy Grove's recent argument as well - innovation comes not just from people with random ideas, but from the knowledge organizations develop as they make things. You can't outsource the latter and expect your innovation pipeline to remain as full.