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Re:I Toured Unitree's Factory. I'm More Bullish on the West by sumanthvepa on Saturday November 07, 2026 @06:55AM (#50403764)
There is a corollary to this. When talent is blocked from immigrating, they start innovating at home.

I'm seeing this in India. Some really smart students are doing some fascinating startups at home because emigrating to the west has become really hard.

Still a very small effect, but one that gives me a lot of hope and cause for excitement.

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Re:I Toured Unitree's Factory. I'm More Bullish on the West by jonhohle on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:21AM (#50404776)
Isn’t that better globally? I had always assumed the purpose of student Visas wasn’t to import talent but to export ideology, culture, and values. “We think we’re great. Come learn what makes us great and take it back to your country to make it great.” Somewhere that idea got lost along the way in place of a path to immigration.
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