{"id":500,"date":"2012-01-27T12:46:27","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T12:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulgurney.com\/whats_new_blog\/?p=500"},"modified":"2012-01-27T12:48:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T12:48:59","slug":"human-costs-of-an-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulgurney.com\/whats_new_blog\/2012\/01\/human-costs-of-an-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Costs of an iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"

From a NYTimes article titled “In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad”<\/p>\n

http:\/\/nyti.ms\/Adv0Kp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cYou can either manufacture in comfortable, worker-friendly factories, or you can reinvent the product every year, and make it better and faster and cheaper, which requires factories that seem harsh by American standards,\u201d said a current Apple executive.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd right now, customers care more about a new iPhone than working conditions in China.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Important expos\u00e9.<\/p>\n

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Photograph by Ryan Pyle for The New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n

Aluminum dust from polishing iPads caused the blast at Foxconn’s plant in Chengdu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From a NYTimes article titled “In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad” http:\/\/nyti.ms\/Adv0Kp \u201cYou can either manufacture in comfortable, worker-friendly factories, or you can reinvent the product every year, and make it better and faster and cheaper, which requires factories that seem harsh by American standards,\u201d said a current Apple executive. \u201cAnd right … <\/p>\n

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