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Was everything fine in the end? We would probably never hear about it if for a completely made up example an extra 10k people died because some medical device
by dopylitty 3y ago
Was everything fine in the end?
We would probably never hear about it if for a completely made up example an extra 10k people died because some medical device was being made without some microprocessor that made it more effective or reliable.
It’s possible for things with large scale effects to have large impacts without it becoming well known by people not working in the affected industry or directly impacted.
- MenhirMike 3y agoIt's a good point - I was more talking about society as a whole, since we didn't collapse. And we wouldn't collapse if some Quartz mind in North Carolina closes either. But yes, on an individual level, it can be severe. Like the employees of car manufacturers who lost their jobs because they couldn't make cars for a while because they didn't have the chips needed.
- chii 3y agosociety didnt collapse, but some people bore more of the burden than others.
- InitialLastName 3y agoAs another example, I (and many other hardware engineers I know) spent 2021 doing essentially remediation on current designs to keep things in production (by designing in new parts). If there hadn't been shortages, we could have spent that time designing new products that will now either never be released or come to market a year later than they otherwise would have (preventing their use for that year).