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What Austin Vernon thinks about China

@austin-vernon · 42 positions · 0 changes of mind

Engineer and investor who writes quantitative posts about how physical industries actually work — chemical plants, geothermal drilling, shipyards, thermal storage and the economics of low-volume manufacturing — at austinvernon.site.

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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Austin Vernon has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingChina installs more robots than America because it has a surplus of underemployed engineers, not because robots are self-evidently the right answer.

    Their wordsIt has a surplus of STEM graduates that are often underemployed, while "Hukou" residency restrictions complicate hiring hourly labor in coastal factories.

    ↗Speed Can Reindustrialize Americaaustinvernon.site 5th of 15 in this piece

    Americahiringrobotics

    Interesting

  3. Our readingAmerica cannot simply copy China's manufacturing methods, because which technology is correct depends on the local price of labour.

    Their wordsSecond, technologies and market structure are contextual, where the US can't simply emulate China's manufacturing.

    ↗Speed Can Reindustrialize Americaaustinvernon.site 6th of 15 in this piece

    America

    Interesting