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Re:The Lonely Future of Buying Stuff by taway20171214 on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @08:00PM (#16019466)
how about: in the year 2036, the chinese are just better at making shoes than anyone else, because they've been doing it for 60 years?

why is this so difficult for you to imagine?

i mean, i'm pretty sure i know why, but ask yourself.

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Re:The Lonely Future of Buying Stuff by BurningFrog on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @10:53PM (#16020195)
The point of the article is that humans aren't making shoes anymore. So who has the best human expertise is irrelevant.

The fully automated shoemaking machine could be placed anywhere the raw materials could be shipped.

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Re:The Lonely Future of Buying Stuff by taway20171214 on Thursday December 28, 2017 @12:43AM (#16020549)
> So who has the best human expertise is irrelevant.

i agree, there's no way on earth any chinese firm could have the best shoe-making robot plant in 20 years. we all know chinese people aren't smart enough for that.

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Re:The Lonely Future of Buying Stuff by dang on Thursday December 28, 2017 @04:07AM (#16021077)
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Re:The Lonely Future of Buying Stuff by ribosometronome on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @10:26PM (#16020095)
I don't think they're trying to be racist against robots but wondering why Chongqing Future Robot Co Inc wouldn't put a shoebot in Phoenix to reduce the amount of shipping the shoe requires.
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