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← Building a manufactured object at a high enough rate pushes its cost down toward the cost of its inputs.

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Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under design design Everything filed under energy energy Everything filed under America America Everything filed under market efficiency market efficiency Everything filed under China China Everything filed under inflation inflation Everything filed under semiconductors semiconductors Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Building a manufactured object at a high enough rate pushes its cost down toward the cost of its inputs. Building a manufactured object at a highenough rate pushes its cost down towardthe cost of its inputs. Last stated 4 years ago 30 Jan 2023 ED Eli Dourado — holds since 2023-01-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Once AI and robotics do the manufacturing, the price of any object becomes the price of the energy used to make it. — tap to centre the map on it Once AI and robotics do themanufacturing, the price of anyobject becomes the price of theenergy used to make it. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The chip industry split into fabless designers and a handful of foundries because fabs got too expensive to own, not because anyone chose that structure. — tap to centre the map on it The chip industry split into fablessdesigners and a handful of foundriesbecause fabs got too expensive toown, not because anyone chose thatstructure. Last stated 2 years ago 3 May 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-05-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Manufacturers generally prefer cutting per-unit production costs over retooling a design for small improvements. — tap to centre the map on it Manufacturers generally prefercutting per-unit production costsover retooling a design for smallimprovements. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Aug 2026 AS Anthony Sculimbrene — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: What has kept American shipbuilding uncompetitive is the high cost of its inputs, above all labour and steel. — tap to centre the map on it What has kept American shipbuildinguncompetitive is the high cost ofits inputs, above all labour andsteel. Last stated 2 years ago 5 Sept 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: As AI makes building faster and cheaper, choosing the right thing to build matters more than ever, because a competitor will get it right if you don't. — tap to centre the map on it As AI makes building faster andcheaper, choosing the right thing tobuild matters more than ever,because a competitor will get itright if you don't. Last stated a year ago 18 Jul 2025 JE Jason Evanish — holds since 2025-07-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Manufacturing subsidies that push output and capacity above natural levels can depress prices enough to shrink manufacturing's share of GDP. — tap to centre the map on it Manufacturing subsidies that pushoutput and capacity above naturallevels can depress prices enough toshrink manufacturing's share of GDP. Last stated 11 months ago 23 Nov 2025 AB Andrew Batson — holds since 2025-11-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: It has virtually never got cheaper to build a house or an office: construction costs rise at or above general inflation, in every rich country and over a century of data. — tap to centre the map on it It has virtually never got cheaperto build a house or an office:construction costs rise at or abovegeneral inflation, in every richcountry and over a century of data. Last stated 6 months ago 23 Apr 2026 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2026-04-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: The same law that made chips cheaper made the factories that produce them enormously more expensive. — tap to centre the map on it The same law that made chips cheapermade the factories that produce themenormously more expensive. Last stated 2 years ago 3 May 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-05-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate negotiating an offershould make every ask fit one lineof logic. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 6 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir customers. Last stated 3 weeks ago 4 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe,even an innovative one, starts fromsomething that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Building a manufactured object at a high enough rate pushes its cost down toward the cost of its inputs. Last stated 30 Jan 2023 · 4 years ago Holds Eli Dourado Read this korrent →