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How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

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689 points taubek | 2 comments | 09 Apr 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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JSR_FDED ◴[09 Apr 25 13:42 UTC] No.43631980[source]▶
It’s like people excited about the new datacenter being built in their town, think of all the jobs that will bring they cry. Nobody realizes it takes 6 people to run a datacenter.

Bringing “manufacturing back to the US” is a fool’s errand. The future of manufacturing is automation, not jobs.

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jacknews ◴[09 Apr 25 14:13 UTC] No.43632390[source]▶
i don't understand the obsession with jobs anyway

people don't want a job, they want money and purpose

most jobs barely deliver either

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explodes ◴[09 Apr 25 14:47 UTC] No.43632757[source]▶
Human society has been optimizing for the wrong thing since 20,000BC.

To that end, the future I want doesn't focus so much on money, but on needs. Letting a market dictate "needs" is clearly not working for the betterment of humanity a whole. While it helps with progress, I believe there is an upper limit when human behavior is brought into the equation.

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1. jacknews ◴[09 Apr 25 17:00 UTC] No.43634459[source]▶
exactly, the market doesn't deliver human flourishing
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2. snapcaster ◴[09 Apr 25 20:54 UTC] No.43637856[source]▶
Compared to what?