Lenovo Announces Grand Opening of US Manufacturing Facility 153
Kohenkatz writes "Chinese PC maker Lenovo had a ceremony [Wednesday] to mark the official grand opening of their new manufacturing facility in Whitsett, North Carolina. The 240,000-square-foot facility, located approximately 10 miles east of Greensboro, NC, was already being used as a Logistics Center, Customer Solutions Center, and National Returns Center, and is now also being used for Production. While actual line operations began in January 2013, the facility is on track to reach full operation by the end of June. The facility is equipped to build several types of Think-branded products, including desktops, tablets, and ultrabooks. Note that due to the extensive use of automation, the factory only adds 115 manufacturing jobs at the facility."
Re:lets try to get rid of the 115 jobs as cost 2 h (Score:1, Informative)
Well then maybe the rich should compete with each other to see how many poor people they can maintain in the greatest amount of comfort and luxury? Some already keep pets in great luxury.
Seriously though, there will NEVER be a post scarcity society. Most educated people normally try not to have more children than they can afford to support. But if someone else foots the bill completely many people may start breeding like rabbits. Then as the population increases you eventually hit scarcity again.
So like it or not, there'll never be a "post scarcity" society, there will be limits one way or another. The tricky bit is how best to set those limits for the maximum good.
If your pet dog could vote and kept full reproductive rights and other freedoms, you wouldn't be so happy feeding him and his generations of numerous descendants. No matter how cute they are.