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There is a flip-side to your argument you have failed to realize the existence of. The US is indisputably the most powerful nation on earth, with an elite work
by clicks 14y ago
There is a flip-side to your argument you have failed to realize the existence of.
The US is indisputably the most powerful nation on earth, with an elite workforce that combats any other's. Don't you think smart people in India are more needed by India itself, to take care of serious problems in India, than to optimize ad-serving algorithms in America?
- wavefunction 14y agoI think America needs smart Indians in India more than it needs ANYONE optimizing Advertising algos
- pm90 14y agoThe thing is, and I apologize in advance for being blunt, it doesn't matter what you think. It does matter what the Indians think that they ought to do with their lives. Some of them might think that optimizing Advertising algos to make money makes them happy, others might find the challenge of solving real social problems exciting. That choice is theirs, individually, to make. I have friends who emigrated to the States and became wealthy doing quite routine work, but their children are now back in India, volunteering for social work. I'm not saying that's always the case, but it's not something we can (or should) force anyone to do.
- davidw 14y agoDon't you think the people in question ought to have some say in the matter of where they would like to live and work? Or do you think their respective governments "know best"?