Abductive reasoning - paradoxical way.
Abductive reasoning - paradoxical way.
News of the day, from The Wall Street Journal, Fri. May 11th, 2012.:
Ads of the day, San Jose Mercury News:
Knowledge is power, learning to "make sense", is what most of us been taught since childhood, at least, that's what school is for...
Making profit, is what business world is all about, it's a way to make living, a survival instinct, that, regardless of race, gender, education level, as long as you're in the business, it's a no brainer...
Compassion for life, well, that's another story, we can omit that part for now...
Logical reasoning, should be the built-in quality for any upper managements of any organization, common sense, is, after all, a common sense, that, everyone 'should know'...
By the way, if you're reading this, congrats, you must be bored...
Also, if you're Asian, please click away, 'cause you might not like it...
Combining all the little details of the day, it's bit funny and sad, as the logical part of the brain is at work, which just once again proved what I've said for long period of time:
"Modern day Chinese businessmen are dumb and belong to Planet "i"; nope, not the "i" from Apple Inc., the "i" for idiots."
- Outdated Wintel base laptops: $278 ~ $399; basic Intel Core i5 range laptop, $499 ~ $699, etc.
- Apple Inc. laptops: $999+, etc.
- European designer brands, ex. Prada shoes: $495+
Assuming the labor cost is the same, the operation and manufacturing cost to make a pair of shoe, oh~ I would say, is much, much, much less than to make a, or any electronic products..
Basically, if you're interested, you can search and compare the annual reports from the industry.
Factories in China, make all sorts of the stuffs, and to be honest, to manufacturing electronic products isn't much different than fashion items, the difference is in the materials and machineries. Streamline manufacturing isn't much complicate than what Henry Ford invented years ago, it's the basic idea, just fine-tuning to the max.
In term of profit margins, thanks to those Taiwanese and Chinese companies, computer and electric related products are slimmest each day. While the cost of investment is higher and higher, due to the nano technology and fine precision it required for the process, new and expensive machines.
It is a good thing for consumers, as the cost of owning a piece of electronic is ridiculously low compare to five years ago. Just think of the compact cameras, well, if anyone still use that..
Is it unfair? As a pair of shoe is more expensive than a laptop??
That, would be a paradoxical question, depend on who you asked...
And yes, I know there are "inexpensive shoes", and how low they cost...
It's all from China... I've seen them.. Yes, I know..
China, the world factory, making nearly everything people consume everyday, started in mid-90s. It is amazing how little time it use to changed the country, from poor to somewhat middle class wealth; and now, the wealthiest group wish to leave the country, a country that made them rich.
How amazing is that?
In fact, if you think about it, really think deep about it, that those Chinese companies, are considered as the slave for Western businessmen, once they use up all the resources in China, they hop to another country, to find lower labor, lower operation costs.
Yeah, if you read history, the shift is from Japan to Thailand, to Taiwan/Korea, and China. Now the shift is to Southeast Asian countries and Southern America. If, you haven't notice, the cost of operation in China is consider high now, foreign companies are slowly pulling out of it.
So are those wealthy Chinese...
One good thing Western businessmen are good at is branding, it's the brand that mark their class, make consumers all over the world to "be fan" of it. European luxury goods, Apple Inc babies, etc.
Why you think GM is number one in China since '07? The only place it made profit while everywhere else falls, that U.S. government had to 'rescue' it.
I'm not sure there's any Chinese brand item that people are crazy about, nearly all Chinese brands are cheap and replaceable, which means, no resell value at all. eBay is your research field.
So, Chinese government want Apple to "pay" for the "iPad" copyright, 'cause some company filed the right for it in China. That's one way to make profit. A Chinese way...
Actually, Chinese "own" everything, if not, they can reengineer and make it ultra cheap for users.
China blocked Facebook since 2009( or so), blocked Twitter, and all sort of Web2.0 stuffs. So Chinese companies can "invent" their "own" business model and technology.
Piracy, actually don't exist in China... It's their 'right' to use it.
Copyright = Copy-Right.
In the end, all those wealthy Chinese, whether it's businessmen/women or politicians, made profit out of squeezing the cheap labors, scandals/corruptions of the taxpayers' money, now want out. Want to leave the nation, into the freedom world.
Well, if I were Western governments, I'll let those riches come, 'cause they are bring the money back to the Western worlds.
That's a nice operation, just takes time, but, in the end, it work.
U.S., or any Western countries, are not as "free" as people assume, you don't know, because you're not the 'big potato' yet...
Utopia, is in the heart of those compassionate individuals...
Life is a cycle, which cycle you are in?
In the end, European luxury items or electronics, most likely, all made in China, for now...
btw, those made in Europe, is ultra expensive, have you own one yet?
Don't you love to be Asian? Chinese in particular, it's wonderful, isn't it? Got to love that...
魯班，會哭死。。
Abductive reasoning, so... what's the logic behind it?? I want to learn..
-TT
May 11, 2012.
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