[Tokhtamish]

It has nothing whatsoever to do with obsolescence.

There is practically no knowledge job that cannot be done much cheaper by an Indian or Chinese. The Indian programmer does absolutely nothing different from the Silicon Valley programmer. He just does it much cheaper. And the Chinese manufacturer with an inexhaustible supply of cheap labor, owned by the Chinese military operating in a protected, subsidized environment, financed by bank loans which are simply written off is under no profit margin pressure. He can simply export America to death. Pukin Dog is simply the beneficiary of a lucky historical accident, that the airline industry training facilities have always been the USNAF and the USAF. India and China do not have huge, technically sophisticated air forces. And besides, pilot skills are heavily regulated by the FAA so airlines cannot simply outsource pilots willy nilly. Anything that can be done at a desk, however, Chinese or Indians can do.

[Bush2000]

It has nothing whatsoever to do with obsolescence.Of course it does...

Anything that can be done at a desk, however, Chinese or Indians can do.

If you are on an equal footing with engineers from countries like China and India, you simply don't have sufficient technological advantages to warrant your existence -- thus causing your obsolescence. What makes you valuable are the things that they can't or won't do yet. Cheap technology has narrowed the gap substantially. Obsolescence is a harsh 2x4 in the face -- and most people simply can't accept it.