Wired’s Embarrassing Whitewash of Foxconn
Yves comments on Wired’s Embarrassing Whitewash of Foxconn :
But Johnson admits he’s a tech toy writer who apparently has no knowledge of manufacturing …. Yet he’s remarkably uninhibited in using his fantasies and abject ignorance as a basis for making sweeping generalizations about the Taiwanese powerhouse.
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I find this little chart (hat tip Richard Smith) from ninety9 via Alea (who is the antithesis of a socialist) to be more though-provoking than the entire Wired piece:
More can be found here. Lots of links as well adding to the state financed aspects of Foxcomm.
Yves must have gone through her back issues to find this Wired article (the article is almost a year old) which I agree is very weak, but there have been many good articles written since that show who is building all the crap we buy, particularly the “This American Life” episode by Mike Daisey:
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/454/mr-daisey-and-the-apple-factory
Ignorant goddam stupidtiy.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/01/29/the-apple-boycott-people-are-spouting-nonsense-about-chinese-manufacturing/
“Well, yes, they’re poor people living in a poor country. That’s what being poor means, having to work extremely hard to make very little. Yes, that is a harsh thing to say but then reality can indeed be harsh.”
if anyone missed jon stewart’s take on foxconn:
get your kindles, iphones, ipads, xboxes, & playstations here…
a bit more black humor than his normal schtick..