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IT Outsourcing Need Not Threaten Our Future
Xeo writes "The topic of the moment in a lot of people's minds is the outsourcing overseas of 'white collar' jobs. While many people are perhaps rightfully worried about this, there's an editorial on the subject that tends towards the other direction. It makes some very interesting points on the whole idea of outsourcing and what it means for the US at least."
Simply put, American engineers excel at creativity. Indeed, when you consider the greatest engineering achievement of the 20th Century as reported on the National Academy of Engineering website - innovations such as human flight, refrigeration, electrification, the telephone, automobiles, television, computers, space travel and the Internet - you see that almost all of them were either invented by Americans, or had some crucial American link that helped turn a fledgling technology into a major boon for human kind."
Endless debate. Check here who was the real telephone inventor, an italian living in Italy in a region where they speak italian and french.
No american connection at all.