Ryan Lee

So that was Casey List reading feedback to their podcast about their conversation on TSMC. I think it's really fascinating, this whole idea that... that it's their national identity is tied to the diligence of their workforce. Right. They're national heroes by going to work at their chip plants. And I think that is just bonkers because I don't think we are motivated the same way.

So that was Casey List reading feedback to their podcast about their conversation on TSMC. I think it's really fascinating, this whole idea that... that it's their national identity is tied to the diligence of their workforce. Right. They're national heroes by going to work at their chip plants. And I think that is just bonkers because I don't think we are motivated the same way.

That seems to be a massive rift, a massive difference in how we see what diligence really looks like.

That seems to be a massive rift, a massive difference in how we see what diligence really looks like.

Well, I can't answer that specifically because they didn't talk about that. The context was around the chip plant, but that is a major, like manufacturing technology is such a major industry there that it's not just TSMC, it's all of the associated industries. It is a it it is taken diligence to this. It's not just a professional trait, but a cultural value.

Well, I can't answer that specifically because they didn't talk about that. The context was around the chip plant, but that is a major, like manufacturing technology is such a major industry there that it's not just TSMC, it's all of the associated industries. It is a it it is taken diligence to this. It's not just a professional trait, but a cultural value.

It's rooted in Confucian ethics and emphasizes, you know, this kind of work ethic. And I don't remember the last time I felt so strongly about going to work.

It's rooted in Confucian ethics and emphasizes, you know, this kind of work ethic. And I don't remember the last time I felt so strongly about going to work.

Yeah, to a point of national pride.

Yeah, to a point of national pride.

The chips are in everything. They're in the medical equipment, they're in everything. And, and so I, that I think is interesting to me. What is it like, as you just reflect on, In Taiwan, it's a point of national pride and political and economic power to go to work for the country.

The chips are in everything. They're in the medical equipment, they're in everything. And, and so I, that I think is interesting to me. What is it like, as you just reflect on, In Taiwan, it's a point of national pride and political and economic power to go to work for the country.

What is it that we have, do you think, that American companies motivate, or I'll say companies in the West, motivate to that same level? Do you think there is an argument that business leaders make that could motivate American workforce to the same level?

What is it that we have, do you think, that American companies motivate, or I'll say companies in the West, motivate to that same level? Do you think there is an argument that business leaders make that could motivate American workforce to the same level?

Is that what it takes? Do you know, like, is that what it takes to actually have that level of national pride in the work that you do every day, going to a chip plant? Like we have people who go to chip plants every day. I kind of wish we could hear from some of them. If you work at a chip plant, do you feel like you are a national hero in your family? I want to know the answer to that here.

Is that what it takes? Do you know, like, is that what it takes to actually have that level of national pride in the work that you do every day, going to a chip plant? Like we have people who go to chip plants every day. I kind of wish we could hear from some of them. If you work at a chip plant, do you feel like you are a national hero in your family? I want to know the answer to that here.

If you work at Intel, I just don't know what that looks like. And I don't want to say that I don't appreciate hard work. I feel like my history with diligence and hard work didn't start with this national identity or this ideology that probably started in school and people worked real hard. Like I was a nut in school. Like I did not know what I wanted to do.

If you work at Intel, I just don't know what that looks like. And I don't want to say that I don't appreciate hard work. I feel like my history with diligence and hard work didn't start with this national identity or this ideology that probably started in school and people worked real hard. Like I was a nut in school. Like I did not know what I wanted to do.

I worked just enough, just barely until graduate school when I actually figured out what I wanted to do. And then there's passion. Yeah. Diligence became an application of, of, the choices that I was able to make. Right. If somebody else made the choices for me, I didn't care. But if I got to make the choice, I could work hard at it.

I worked just enough, just barely until graduate school when I actually figured out what I wanted to do. And then there's passion. Yeah. Diligence became an application of, of, the choices that I was able to make. Right. If somebody else made the choices for me, I didn't care. But if I got to make the choice, I could work hard at it.