This time my discovery-by-serendipity experience came a day late.
By clicking on an interesting blog title on the TypePad home page "recently updated" list, I found Marginal Revolution, a blog by Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok taking "small steps toward a much better world." And there I found links to some very interesting views on global outsourcing, my topic in yesterday's post.
In his post yesterday, Cowen wrote, "Both the U.S. and India would be better off if lower-wage Indians did more of the programming and the U.S. did more innovating."
Before you scoff, check Cowen's sources, including Marc Andreesen, Virginia Postrel, and many others, linked in his earlier post on the subject. And take a look at the white paper, Globalization of I.T. Services and White-Collar Jobs: The Next Wave of Productivity Growth, by Dr. Catherine Mann.
So, there's that innovation thing again. Connected to survival. Again. Remember my earlier post suggesting lawyers should develop an explicit R&D function within firms and law departments?
By the way, I'll be posting more about topics like sidenotes and discovery-by-serendipity, since both fit into independent study courses on information design and personal knowledge management I'm taking this semester.
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