Why Didn't OKC Land the Toyota NA HQ Relocation and What we Can do in the Future

[zookeeper]

That's the bad thing about manufacturing in this day and age. It's not a stable industry and a plant can be gone with tens of thousands of laid off workers overnight.

Throw the rise of the internet in the mix and you have the same problem with many industries. Remember how many bookstores we had in this city 15 years ago? You are right, in this day and age one single invention can put thousands upon thousands out of work within a few years. In fact, let's watch it (continue to) happen.

Progress isn't always good. In fact....


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[shawnw]

Even though book stores are having a lot of trouble right now and lately, I don't think they'll ever go away, and may even eventually make a small comeback like record stores have of late. I've been shocked by just how much new vinyl is being released these days when I visit the record store (I knew some was, but I recently saw a Lady Gaga LP for crying out loud... what?). And my 18-year old LOVES flipping through the records (there's hope for her yet) and making new music discoveries like I did 25 plus years ago (it was never the same experience with tapes or CDs even, with those stupid jewel cases... that joy of flipping through content like that seems to have only applied in my personal experience to records and comic books). And that new record smell (even with old records)... Don't get me started. People (my 18-year old included) also love that new/old book smell in new/used book stores as well. So I think some concepts will always find ways to hang on, progress be damned.

[bchris02]

Throw the rise of the internet in the mix and you have the same problem with many industries. Remember how many bookstores we had in this city 15 years ago? You are right, in this day and age one single invention can put thousands upon thousands out of work within a few years. In fact, let's watch it (continue to) happen.

Progress isn't always good. In fact....


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Online shopping has been around long enough that my guess is businesses that have made it this far will likely last into the future. Now that could change if Amazon rolled out widespread same-day delivery.