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Andrew Heaton

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
650 total appearances

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

You can only replace X amount of your workforce over X time.

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

It just means you can freely purchase goods from other countries and that you're not impeded with tariffs.

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

So if you're going to sell watermelons for $2, I can import the watermelons for $2 minus the logistics of getting it from you to me.

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

Like, Amazon's made my life far easier, and it provides tons of jobs.

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

I'm pretty pro-Amazon.

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

They, I think, start at a pretty high rate compared to a lot of other jobs.

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

It's above minimum wage.

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

So, like, I don't think, like... Maybe there are other examples you could give, but, like, Amazon, to me... Google, Alphabet, taking control of the information sector.

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

What is that one?

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

Hanlon's Razor?

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

Can I jump in?

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

Because I know that one.

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

Hanlon's, okay, so Occam's Razor is the idea that the simplest solutions, or the simplest explanation is probably the most likely solution.

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

Hanlon's razor is do not attribute to malice or conspiracy that which can be understood by sloth or incompetency.

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

So basically, if there's ambiguity and it might be a conspiracy or it might be an idiot, assume it's probably an idiot.

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

Indeed.

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

I appreciate the kind feedback to your listener.

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

If you were to look at how much it would cost to manufacture an iPod in the United States, I think it would increase by something like $10,000 or not iPod, iPhone.

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THE KILLING HAS JUST BEGUN w/ Andrew Heaton

It increased by like $10,000 or so.

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So I think it would be prohibitive if you tried to do that just here.