Comments by "" (@krollpeter) on "The Icarus Project" channel.

I am not sure why you say "This has brought massive prosperity to China". China has developed a lot, that is sure. But prosperity has absolutely not reached the masses. Another thing, I did not see any overworked people there. I am not saying they aren't. The company that I worked for did not have any, and the ones where I consulted I never met any. I did see quite a couple companies from the inside. Generally, it was often just the opposite. There was quite a lot of nasty staff behaviour. Probably because in my industry there is a massive lack of staff in China, the companies simply can not afford to lose staff. And what really spoils it there for me was the complete absence of creativity and initiative, plus, if you do not watch and micro-manage every minute, they instantly do whatever they want. Not everyone of course, but this is a lasting impression in me.
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