points by heavyset_go 9 days ago

Anyone can write software, the idea that we're uniquely capable in that domain is foolhardy

MostlyStable 9 days ago

Anyone can do any of those above industries as well, what's your point?

  • heavyset_go 9 days ago

    See the grandparent's comment about global supply chains. Everyone requires everyone else in those industries, no one does it all on their own.

    I posit that software has no such supply chain dependency, literally anyone can do it, and thinking the US is unique in their ability to produce software isn't accurate.

    • parineum 9 days ago

      Why doesn't everyone else simply start their own silocon valley!?

      • heavyset_go 9 days ago

        ByteDance, Alibaba, Baidu, three of Silicon Valley's most famous companies responsible for uniquely American successes like TikTok.

        • parineum 8 days ago

          > literally anyone can do it

          Doesn't it seem odd to you that only the two largest economies in the world are doing something so lucrative if literally anyone can do it?

          • heavyset_go 8 days ago

            I only need to list one other example to illustrate American exceptionalism is not an exception.