freediver wrote on May 13
th, 2018 at 1:47pm:
longweekend58 wrote on May 13
th, 2018 at 1:38pm:
freediver wrote on May 13
th, 2018 at 1:31pm:
Four pages in, and plenty of people have repeated this claim that we "need" to value add, but not a single person can explain why.
longweekend58 wrote on May 13
th, 2018 at 1:23pm:
freediver wrote on May 13
th, 2018 at 1:06pm:
There are also some wonderful advances in wicker basketmanufacturing these days. But they are still baskets made of wicker.
Really? Name one.
As far cars, the advances are in the THOUSANDS to the extent that there are barely comparable.
ARGUMENTUM AD ABSURDEM
You can get chips in them.
Cars are still old technology, no matter how many bells and whistles you add. That's why they are increasingly made in developing countries. No country "needs" to make them.
Thats an absurd statement. COmputers are old technology too by that reasoning. They are no different from the first programmable device.
I guess it explains a lot about you. I assume you either dont drive or your car comes from the 30s
Computers are not as old as cars.
Cars are, just like the model T, rubber tyres on steel rims driven by an internal combustion engine running the same thermodynamic cycle, with a padded seat to sit on and a steering wheel to control it. Adding a bucket of computer chips and getting a smoother surface doesn't really change the fundamentals of what they are, any more than putting an RFID chip on a wicker basket makes it a new technology.
There is no rational explanation why we "need" to make them here. It is just the emotional attachment to what used to be a symbol of the first world.
computers are 60 years old. They are old-tech.
The internet is 30 years old. it is old-tech.
Smart phones are more than 10 years old. They are old tech.
Satellites are old-tech. They are more than 60 years old
In your mind, what exactly is 'new technology' because it seems like it has to be a completely new, non-derivative and innovative technology developed in the last 12 months.
I might agree with your value-add argument, but describing cars as old technology is ridiculous.
May I suggest getting rid of your Model T and perhaps trying out a new car for the comparison?