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by hammock 701 days ago
That graph is US only
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vivekd 701 days ago
Good point - the graph being US only means it misses offshoring manufacturing jobs to places like China. We can't assume that the loss of manufacturing jobs was solely caused by automation
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eru 701 days ago
Why call it 'loss', if it was outsourced? UnAmericans are also human.
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TOMDM 701 days ago
Where else would you apply this reasoning? If I lose my phone it doesn't stop being a phone...
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eru 700 days ago
Yes, but it's probably useless for anyone else (because of locking).

And if you break your phone, it stops being a (useful) phone.

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TOMDM 699 days ago
Good thing nobody's talking about breaking or locking jobs then.
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trealira 701 days ago
Why do you think the word "loss" implies they think non-Americans aren't human?
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justinclift 700 days ago
Pretty sure the point was that the jobs are just being moved around, not "lost".
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eru 700 days ago
I was specifically interested in the contrast to automation alluded to in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40970901

A job can be truly 'lost' if it's replaced by a machine. But it's merely reshuffled, if a foreigner does it.

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