Isn’t that why the cars have cup holders? When are they going to provide phone holders on the dash board; the drivers could use the camera for traffic events.
My perspective is that H1-Bs exist almost exclusively to drive down wages in the American tech sector. It’s not that we don’t have people already here that are eminently qualified, but that they just don’t want to pay them what they’re worth, and discriminate based on age.
Not sure how this line came up from the toon. But I don’t think you can say the US economy is great because of H1-B and Japan’s is in the tank because they don’t use them. Japan has been in a funk for about 20 years. Age discrimination should be killing the economy; pulling all that experience in what works out of the labor pool.
But to the point of car electronics and the “glass cockpit” design that new cars have: a computer touch screen on the dashboard.
As my flight instructor told me, “The world is out there,” pointing to the windscreen, “There’s nothing in here that is worth anything except the airspeed indicator.”
Any technology that takes my eyes off the road is bad technology and should be used while driving.
Japan has an entirely different problem. They had a huge baby boom during WWII, perhaps with the intent of populating the area they conquered. After the bomb, their birth rate dropped to near zero. Now, 70 years later they are still paying the price for WWII. They have a huge group of people born in 1940-43, and those people are 72-75 years old, and far less people at any younger age group. The massive size of the older population places a tremendous burden on the economy. Could Japan have overcome the problem by taking in immigrants? There is no way they could have taken in that many.
Observer fo Irony about 9 years ago
Isn’t that why the cars have cup holders? When are they going to provide phone holders on the dash board; the drivers could use the camera for traffic events.
Pharmakeus Ubik about 9 years ago
@gopher gofer
My perspective is that H1-Bs exist almost exclusively to drive down wages in the American tech sector. It’s not that we don’t have people already here that are eminently qualified, but that they just don’t want to pay them what they’re worth, and discriminate based on age.
derdave969 about 9 years ago
Not sure how this line came up from the toon. But I don’t think you can say the US economy is great because of H1-B and Japan’s is in the tank because they don’t use them. Japan has been in a funk for about 20 years. Age discrimination should be killing the economy; pulling all that experience in what works out of the labor pool.
Zen-of-Zinfandel about 9 years ago
A fishbowl on wheels.
dflak about 9 years ago
Amen. We need to straighten out legal immigration. We need those folks. At least we did in 1912 when grandpa and grandma arrived at Ellis Island.
dflak about 9 years ago
But to the point of car electronics and the “glass cockpit” design that new cars have: a computer touch screen on the dashboard.
As my flight instructor told me, “The world is out there,” pointing to the windscreen, “There’s nothing in here that is worth anything except the airspeed indicator.”
Any technology that takes my eyes off the road is bad technology and should be used while driving.
dflak about 9 years ago
“Should NOT be used while driving.”
Carl R about 9 years ago
Japan has an entirely different problem. They had a huge baby boom during WWII, perhaps with the intent of populating the area they conquered. After the bomb, their birth rate dropped to near zero. Now, 70 years later they are still paying the price for WWII. They have a huge group of people born in 1940-43, and those people are 72-75 years old, and far less people at any younger age group. The massive size of the older population places a tremendous burden on the economy. Could Japan have overcome the problem by taking in immigrants? There is no way they could have taken in that many.
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 9 years ago
Be the ball.