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Re:How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike sho... by j-krieger on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @06:11PM (#43638604)
> When I was working in engineering in the early aughts, we mocked the Chinese as being able only to copy American technology

Perhaps you should have considered that like in Art, the first step to proficiency in anything really is mimicry.

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Re:How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike sho... by hermitShell on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @06:54PM (#43638873)
True, and now I believe China has kept their industrial might while also pursuing higher technology. So they have the mine and the steel plant and the car factory. I recall Musk commenting that through human history, it’s more normal for China to be the most advanced nation on the planet, not the USA. Still, brutal place to live and work. Ultimately you have to offer people a chance at happiness, or else internal failures tend to sabotage all external signs of success.
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