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

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689 points taubek | 1 comments | 09 Apr 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.497s | 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]▶

>>43631980 #

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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1. Ray20 ◴[10 Apr 25 12:29 UTC] No.43643139[source]▶

>>43632390 #

I don't understand your comment. People don't need money, people need food to eat, houses to live in, and so on. And the thing about all this food and houses is that Jesus doesn't produce them, other people produce them.

And since producing all this is not such an easy task, the people who produce the food and build the houses want something in return. That's what we call jobs.

So when you say that jobs is not needed - you mean that there is no need to live in houses or that there is no need to give the people who build the houses anything in return?

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