On: How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work

[mwsherman]

Not to mention the new jobs created overseas. The notion of “American jobs” seems illiberal to me.

Further, Apple is creating jobs. The criticism should be directed toward those who aren’t.

[jobeirne → mwsherman]

I agree with your sentiment, but job creation isn't the end goal. Prosperity is. Prosperity comes through automation, which is the exact opposite of job creation.

[mwsherman → jobeirne]

Indeed! Automation distributes the proceeds to consumers in the form of lower prices.

The only way to “run out of jobs” is to run out of things that people want.