What is Not Seen - Offshoring and Tribal Knowledge, Security

What is Not Seen - Offshoring and Tribal Knowledge, Security

Peter Grant references [https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2016/09/first-world-job-security-in-third-world.html] an article [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/omen-lost-shirts-david-hunt-pe] by David Hunt on the impact of offshoring. In it, I saw this little comment by Vox (italics for emphasis): > And while I can, on an intellectual basis, appreciate the economic arguments in favor of offshoring ā€“ like the one put forth by scholar Walter E. Williams, a man whose views I generally admire, h…

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Human Systems vs Machine Systems

Human Systems vs Machine Systems

Recently at XKCD [https://xkcd.com/1726/]: This is almost a perfect example of why so many computer geeks are progressives ā€“ they have faith in the ability of systems to adjust how people behave rather than adjusting those systems to how people work. Of course reality is never that black and white. If Iā€™m starting up a steam turbine, or a computer, there may be leeway here and there, but certain things haveto happen before certain other things. Period. In this case, people have to adapt to th…

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