I’d define the idea of “making it” the same way.

I had this sort experience years ago, going to the grocery store, putting items in my cart, and then checking out without once looking at the price of anything, not even the total the cashier gave me (as I was distracted by other thoughts).

This was shortly after I’d done some very financially-fortuitous things.

Also rings true about knowing exactly how much everything costs. I remember my mom putting 75 cents of gas in the car, as that’s how much we could afford for gas for that day.

As Overseas Costs Rise, More U.S. Companies Are ‘Reshoring.’

What the article doesn’t mention as the journalist no doubt knows little about the topic is that the reason many companies are moving operations back to the US as that more and more is being automated.

And as more is done by robots, a robot assembling something in China costs the same as a robot assembling something in Kentucky, but it’s closer to your customers.

There will be no net gain over the long term in manufacturing jobs in the US or in China. In fact in thirty years, there will be nearly no humans working in manufacturing anywhere on the planet.

It’s pretty baffling that the worst browser I have ever used – Chrome – now has a majority market share.

Well, not counting IE6. But that wasn’t a browser. That was a travesty with a UI.

That people are so willing to give up their privacy to sociopaths and corporations who care only and about all about profit at any cost – well, I just can’t understand it.