A 2009 piece: The US lost the knowledge to produce "Fogbank," a substance essential in the hydrogen bomb. Relevant experts had retired, so the government had to spend millions to recover that knowledge:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/05/fogbank-america-forgot-how-make-nuclear-bombs/ … via @MargRev
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My piece on process knowledge argues that technology is a living product that has to be practiced to be maintained. And I wonder how the loss of 7 million manufacturing jobs since 1979 affects the ability of the US to grow its technological capabilities.https://danwang.co/how-technology-grows/ …
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I guess ASML goes back 35 years, but it’s undoubtedly the world leader in photolithography systems for the semiconductor industry. With Samsung, TSMC, and Intel being dependent on them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASML_Holding …pic.twitter.com/zb0DH6xylC
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