>> Off-shoring redundant technology and business processes is NOT innovation, it’s simply getting easy work done cheap.
That’s true, of course. However, believe at your own peril that Chinese and Indian and Eastern European and Russian folks can’t learn and think and design and innovate for themselves.
Europeans and Americans have no monopoly on brains. And they are already way behind in the perseverance and elbow-grease department.
We have been too busy eating up the fruits of past accomplishments — but not working nearly as hard as we should to grow new fruits. Therefore, if we don’t start “getting it” right away, and reversing the process, the rest of the world will soon be eating our lunch.
That's not exactly what I was focusing on, but ...
That’s true, of course. However, believe at your own peril that Chinese and Indian and Eastern European and Russian folks can’t learn and think and design and innovate for themselves.
Correct. Knowledge (as opposed to a formal US college education) is cheap now-a-days with easy internet access. Obama and all his communist university buddies ought to discredit huge portions of the US educational system for a long time. I'm not going to hold my breath, but it should happen.
At least where I work, the work is not easy and requires real skills. I have not met a single peer coworker whom I would not consider bright. Rough on the edges, needs more training - sometimes yes, but not bright enough to do it, no. Be careful dissing that which you do not know.