martchat

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by martchat 8mo ago
Problem is that China had both cost advantage (both human capital and energy) and a large internal market. If as a company you decided not to invest and build a factory in China, you were quickly losing vs your competitor. The solution to
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by martchat 8mo ago
Poland receives subsidies in exchange for opening its market and for following the tax and labor regulations. All the poorer EU countries do. In the end, it is Germany that benefits the most from large markets for its goods. It would have
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by martchat 11mo ago
I believe there is some merit in the fact that everything is overanalyzed now. Every new trend, fashion, or viral phenomenon is analyzed and commoditized so quickly that it kills its originality. Movies are generated, not directed (Netflix)
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by martchat 1y ago
Imagine great, "bright" future (few years down the road), where the "gatekeepers" of knowledge will be AI Browsers. 90% of people will get average, generic information from AI content farms. They will be happy consuming
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by martchat 2y ago
I think the IT job market is getting really dead as a great source of income. There were signs earlier of market saturation, but COVID somehow "covered" them to a certain degree. Of course there are multiple reasons for it, differ
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by martchat 2y ago
It will become more and more difficult to motivate students to learn facts. Why should they, if they have instant access to everything. Problem is, building understanding usually requires to learn some basic facts. Same with skills like wri