OTOH no more gig economy shenanigans, VC dollars destroying industries, less of a race to the bottom everywhere, less centralization, probably healthier competition...
I don't have anything close to a belief yet, but the more I hang on HN and read stories from various industries, the more I'm starting to feel that maybe we took globalization a bit too far, or at least we're now learning about bad side effects. Human groups tend to be recursive hierarchies, and to this environment our intuitions about trust and behavior are adapted. Global economy does its best to cut straight through that.
Many smart people must have already talked through this to death. If anyone has pointers towards reading material, I'd strongly appreciate it.
I don't have anything close to a belief yet, but the more I hang on HN and read stories from various industries, the more I'm starting to feel that maybe we took globalization a bit too far, or at least we're now learning about bad side effects. Human groups tend to be recursive hierarchies, and to this environment our intuitions about trust and behavior are adapted. Global economy does its best to cut straight through that.
Many smart people must have already talked through this to death. If anyone has pointers towards reading material, I'd strongly appreciate it.