sci.research.careers

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Russell wrote:

> On Jul 24, 6:35 pm, Straydog wrote:
>> Where is science going? The (Russell, you paying attention?) rest of the
>> story is another thing I've been harping on: job export to countries with
>> cheap currency.
>>
>> How many millions of all kinds of jobs went to India & China all these
>> last 10+ years? What do we have left? Medical services, expansion of the
>> discount chains & thrift stores (one per year opening here), Walmarts,
>> and Starbucks and other coffee shops (we have a lot of coffee shops here,
>> came up in the last 5-10 years). Gone are the factories.
>>
>> So, what does that do, too, to the future of science/eng/tech jobs? Much
>> less gets fixed; throw away society. Hire an Indian/Chinese for 1/5th the
>> USD. All the computer trade rags I used to read 2000-2005 talked up all
>> these tens of thousands of IT jobs going to Indian labs, and China, SEA,
>> Taiwan, etc. And, all that stuff, of course, stimulates all the kids in
>> those societies to study for that stuff because it will get them out of
>> poverty, even if 70-80% of them "dont make the cut."
>>
>> Remember Jarred Diamond's "Collapse."
>
> Yes, I'm paying attention, but I have liitle to add except that I
> heard Starbucks is raising its prices.

Yeah, well like I already said in another post: I'm interested in trying
to imagine what our (USA's) _collapse_ will look like (probably like the
Roman Empire's), and when it will happen (hopefully after I die), and if
anyone will care.

> Cheers,
> Russell
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