This is not going to end well. https://restofworld.org/2024/tsmc-arizona-expansion/

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I don’t think either stock or patriotic appeal will work here as an incentive

I suspect the tsmc model is actually short-sighted and unsustainable even in Asia and the management model itself needs to be reimagined in a more American idiom.

Reminds me of the NUMI plant.

Doesn't surprise me Americans don't like being treated the way the people building our electronics have been treated. Need to impress on them that their success may majorly impact maintaining global multipolarity. Maybe the USG could subsidize them getting extra vesting shares.

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I don’t think this is that sort of culture clash. I think TSMC is more Morris Chang culture than Taiwan culture. Like Amazon is more Bezos culture than American.

Damn me and Angie may have to pivot into culture clash consulting

Crazy. The culture is so different 
“The American engineers complained of rigid, counterproductive hierarchies at the company; Taiwanese TSMC veterans described their American counterparts as lacking the kind of dedication and obedience they believe to be the foundation of their company’s world-leading success.”