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Re:Money Pours into New Fabs and Facilities by DeathArrow on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @02:09AM (#38923300)
> I admit I only know the basics of the creation of Shenzhen but it sounds like strong political will to create it was an important part.

I think that in the beginning manufacturing at both large and small scale was incredibly cheap in Schenzen. So were the components and hardware.

In US people want large margins so things can't be cheap enough to have another Schenzen. Also, Schenzen has a culture of sharing while US has a culture of secrecy, patents and intellectual property.

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Re:Money Pours into New Fabs and Facilities by TaylorAlexander on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @02:18AM (#38923337)
Strong agreement on the culture of sharing leading to a more productive system. I think our culture of secrecy seriously kneecaps out ability to operate.

This 2009 article from Bunnie Huang about the "Shanzai" culture of sharing in Shenzhen is a big inspiration for my thinking on problems with intellectual property restrictions: https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=284

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