Gerry McGovern on Nostr: What goes around does eventually come around. The outsourcing of harm and the pursuit ...
What goes around does eventually come around. The outsourcing of harm and the pursuit of the very cheapest labor was too wildly successful for Silicon Valley. By the 2020s, China was rising and nearly all the best chips were made in Taiwan. Security and dominance fears grew and a major push began to bring back chip manufacturing to the drought-stricken deserts of Arizona and the lush jungles of nearby “friendly” countries, such as Costa Rica.
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