3 ms·
I sometimes wonder about the economics of these activities. Apparently China lets well educated, highly intelligent Chinese work for US companies, to spy on the
by bayesianhorse 12y ago
I sometimes wonder about the economics of these activities. Apparently China lets well educated, highly intelligent Chinese work for US companies, to spy on them, rather than working "genuinely" for a Chinese company. So either the secrets are extremely valuable, or they can't do R&D worth a damn at home.
- humbledrone 12y agoMost highly educated people employed by companies tend to work on teams of varying sizes (but rarely consisting of just one person). Thus if a spy could report back significant details about the work of even a small team (maybe 5-10 people) it seems like the economics would work out quite well. Bigger teams would pay off proportionately more.
- bayesianhorse 12y agoThat would be true, if the spy can transfer all the results of the team, and doesn't need any supporting infrastructure or agents...
- kiiski 12y agoMaybe "well educated, highly intelligent Chinese" are dime a dozen, so it doesn't matter if some of them work abroad.