The Economist recently noted that Apple, Amazon, and Google together employ 113,000 people—which is less than 1/3rd as many as a single American success story from the prior generation, GM, employed in 1980.

- Henry Blodgett, THE COUNTRY’S PROBLEM IN A NUTSHELL: Apple’s Huge New Data Center In North Carolina Created Only 50 Jobs

(via jonathanmarcus)

Yeah, except we need to rebuild the entire infrastructure of the country, and the government has abrogated its leadership in that area. So now we can watch our bridges collapse, and our trains running slower than they did in the ’70s. Not to mention high speed rail, solar power, more denser and efficient cities, tearing down the suburbs, and a new generation of local food production.