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    1. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 May 2020

      Thijs Niks Retweeted Dan Wang

      “The creation of new tools and intellectual property [are] certifications that we’ve accumulated process knowledge” https://danwang.co/how-technology-grows/ …https://twitter.com/danwwang/status/1209161302855340033 …

      Thijs Niks added,

      Dan Wang @danwwang
      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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    2. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 May 2020

      “Technology should be understood in three distinct forms: (1) as processes embedded into tools (like pots, pans, and stoves); (2) explicit instructions (like recipes); (3) and as process knowledge, or what we can also refer to as know-how and technical experience.”pic.twitter.com/at0iDuDEpX

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    3. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 May 2020

      “It might be fine to think that robots will be doing all the manufacturing work in the future; but someone has to build these robots, and own the IP of advanced robotmaking, and for the most part, that someone is not the US.”pic.twitter.com/bmSHua7lm6

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    4. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 May 2020

      “One of the issues with services jobs in the US is that most of the gains are captured by very few workers.”pic.twitter.com/j0E02J4zt4

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    5. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 May 2020

      “Too many service jobs are meant to cancel out the efforts of other service jobs”pic.twitter.com/83SyaLyJSx

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    6. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 May 2020

      “Hundreds of millions still live in extreme poverty, which means that manufacturing and logistics haven’t overcome the obstacles of delivering cheap material comfort to all.”pic.twitter.com/zjNHNiROun

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      Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 May 2020

      “If we can’t figure out an interoperable toll system across the states, how soon will we be able to work out the regulatory system for self-driving cars?”pic.twitter.com/h4TMvQWLUC

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        2. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 May 2020

          “It’s hard to name many European companies started in the last 30 years that are leaders in their industry”pic.twitter.com/nk2ajCoCLV

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        3. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 May 2020

          “For reasons I can’t yet get my mind around, homeowners in cities like San Francisco have the ability to veto the creation of new housing stock”pic.twitter.com/V0kUUBuMMP

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        4. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 May 2020

          “Non-defense discretionary spending made up over 60% of the federal budget in 1962. By 2017, that figure has fallen to 15%. They can simply let the government go on autopilot, since their predecessors have already committed most available funds”pic.twitter.com/SEtCCCF2Ul

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        5. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 May 2020

          “When people have experienced a few years of high growth, they’re conditioned to expect more of it”pic.twitter.com/uipW7upKAE

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        6. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 May 2020

          “Dystopian science fiction is the natural outcome of stagnant growth; no wonder so much of the science fiction published in the last few decades has been so bleak.”pic.twitter.com/2bDCZ7xTLi

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        7. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 May 2020

          “If we view excellent talent as a scarce resource, then I think it’s regrettable that asset management attracts so many smart young people.”pic.twitter.com/PZDEoeWxQZ

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        8. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 May 2020

          “Would anyone else like to subscribe to a magazine on industrial goings-on?” — Like a high-quality ‘De Ingenieur’ https://www.deingenieur.nl/tijdschrift pic.twitter.com/8BZywvXdBe

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        9. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 May 2020

          “Just because we can’t straightforwardly measure process knowledge doesn’t mean that we should dismiss its existence.”pic.twitter.com/yhl1cWxinx

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        10. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 May 2020

          “Healthy ecosystems are hard to maintain, but if you build them up and continue to inject vitality into them, they deliver sustained breakthroughs.”pic.twitter.com/2iAcTf96Ii

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        11. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 May 2020

          “We can nurture optimism by developing a greater appreciation for industry and by reaching for higher economic growth.”pic.twitter.com/IPhZEJEeai

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