200 years ago we had Luddites who were scared snotless that they were going to be replaced by machines; I wonder how many of their descendants are now living happily in grass huts, weaving their ways to happier lives?
Now we have granola-munching hippies who are scared snotless that they're going to be replaced by cheap Chinese and Indian labour (I haven't read the article, but I'm 99% sure that it mentions those two countries). Wonder how many of them wear "made in Taiwan" t-shirts?
...efficiencies always win, and usually end up benefitting everyone. Until we reach a point where our essentials are no longer made on earth (e.g. Coruscant in SW) I'm not going to worry.
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