Erik Reuter wrote > > * Andrew Paul ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Surely it always going to be relative? You will need to explain this > > more, > > I was pretty clear before, and you twisted what I said to try to make it > look like I was saying something that supported your worldview. You've > made it pretty clear in the past that facts and clear thinking are not > your friends, so I'm not inclined to waste much of my time explaining > things to you, so...last try: > > I said that the standard of living needs to be raised around the world > before automated manufacturing can be cost competitive with manual > labor (in many cases, obviously there are some areas where it already > is). This is not a difficult concept. If it costs $1 to make a part by > manual labor and $2 to make it by automation, then you make it with > manual labor. If the standard of living (wages, etc) for the lowest > quintile is raised so that manual labor costs $3 in the poorest nations, > then manufacturing switches from manual labor to automation. I said > nothing about the gap between rich and poor nations. That was your > statement, wrongly attributed to me. >
Ahh, we were typing at cross purposes. I was not talking about automation, and was just referring to your post in a general sense. I will retract all reference to it if you find it somehow confusing. Andrew _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
