[searchandrecovery]

you attitude basically says "we give up" - let's race to the bottom.

I used to buy into that whole "race to the bottom" thing, but now I don't. I live in America, I have access to the latest in cheap technology, the internet, and universities.

Globalization means wrenching change, but it also means new markets for our goods (like, say, India). Maybe the glass isn't half empty. Maybe it's a "race to the top". Who can make the best coolest products for the least amount of money, in the most effecient manner? We're not dead yet.

[snowsislander]

I used to buy into that whole "race to the bottom" thing, but now I don't. I live in America, I have access to the latest in cheap technology, the internet, and universities.

Generally, for the coolest, newest technology, my experience has been that you find it first in Akihabara (Tokyo's "Electric Town"), not in the U.S. However, it isn't usually all that cheap, unlike the versions that eventually show up in the U.S.

[A. Pole]

I used to buy into that whole "race to the bottom" thing, but now I don't.

Let me guess, you were out of job and then you found a new one. Am I right?

[ninenot]

When and if you get over your case of terminal consumerism, call home. Your Dad will be unemployed and will be grateful for the chance to talk.