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		VikingCoder on Sept 20, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google is investing $3.3B to build clean data cent... The cost to move atoms and bits everywhere in the world is near zero. This means that you could be the best in your field for hundreds of miles around, but your neighbors might still go on Amazon and order a product manufactured in China. I worry about this.

BurningFrog on Sept 20, 2019 [–]

It works both ways.

Find or invent a tiny niche and be among the best in the world in it, and the whole world (including China) will come to you for it.

pyrale on Sept 20, 2019 | [–]

And Amazon will take the lion's share of your benefits.

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