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whatever1 • today at 2:37 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

It’s ok we will get cheap chips from Taiwan without having to invest a single dime once the bubble bursts.

We will keep working on philosophy, theory and arts. Let the rest of the world get their hands dirty building things.


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SR2Z • today at 3:23 PM

Philosophy, theory, and arts are so intertwined with technology that a nation which does not build cannot be expected to remain at the forefront of those three.

conmod278 • today at 5:50 PM

In thermodynamics, through cycles of expansion and compression, useful work can be extracted. Similarly through economic cycles, America is able to extract wealth from rest of globe.