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I think this is both true and yet completely insufficient. There’s a whole system that produces the people and materials that enable every field of endeavor.
by __d 2y ago
I think this is both true and yet completely insufficient.
There’s a whole system that produces the people and materials that enable every field of endeavor. Having the books and the eg. sub-nanometer scale silicon wafer etching machine does not get you a new iPhone.
- ferguess_k 2y agoYeah, I agree. The whole chain is long and no one really knows everything. Even China doesn't produce everything albeit it is the manufacturing powerhouse of the world right now. Since I live in Canada, a country that needs to import a lot of manufactured goods from foreign countries, I'm worried that a reboot is not possible. Adding the US into the picture improves quite a bit, but again US has transformed from a manufacturing giant to a financial one for many decades.
- __d 2y agoI was surprised a couple of years ago to read that the US no longer made the aluminum tubing used to make bicycle frames. Despite having quite a significant custom frame building scene and many craftspeople, such a simple raw material was no longer made in the US. I'm sure there are many, many things like this, for most countries.