How Companies and Countries Lose Technological Expertise
bert hubert · Talk · 37 min · 2021 · YouTube title: How technology loses out in companies, countries & continents and what to do about it
Why it's here
HN points to it as a sharper explanation of why outsourcing and specialization erode deep expertise, in threads on Intel, Boeing and software decline.
What it covers
A conference presentation by Bert Hubert on how companies lose their technological edge and become outsourcing hubs. It argues the same dynamic applies to whole countries and continents, and ends with suggestions for reversing it.