Immigration is great when it's done at the right pace. The pace of the last 10 years has been jarring. It's counterproductive at this point just because of the extra cognitive load alone. Can we take a 20 year break then start it back up slowly?

And, economically, I think it'll be fine. Won't it be great for the rest of the world to share in the economic success of the US? I'm looking forward to a day when most nations have their own bay area.

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zuminator 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Surely there is a way to implement a "taking a break" policy without purposely squalid concentration camps, extradition to random gulags, sudden capricious fees, legions of masked shock troops, and the like?

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delecti 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> The pace of the last 10 years has been jarring

Is this satire or just solely based on feelings? The rate of legal immigration hasn't changed significantly since 1990 (35 years ago) when it had a huge spike (during Bush1); it then spiked again during Bush 2.

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BobbyJo 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Honestly, I agree quite a bit. The US and other countries have the same dynamic that FAANG does with startups, we put up the money to have anything worthwhile come in-house, which kills competition.

Please India/China/Europe, build tech empires to rival ours. We will all benefit.

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habinero 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> extra cognitive load alone

I don't know what dogwhistle this is supposed to be.

There's no "cognitive load" in things other people do that you aren't involved with.

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afpx 29 minutes ago | parent [-]

Here's a regular occurrence for me:

I took my daughter to shop for clothes at Target. She picked out an outfit and wanted to try it on but it was in a pack and needed to be separated first. I found a clerk and asked her to separate it. But, the clerk didn't speak English - only Spanish. So, she took me to another clerk. But, that clerk also didn't speak English - only Arabic. And, neither could talk to each other.

If that's not societal "cognitive load", what is it?

These are just the harmless occurrences. I could go on to much more alarming examples, but I won't.

	▲	xyzelement 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		This is such a good example. I was recently talking to an appliance repair company and the fact that the woman spoke good English is now a remarkable thing. Like it really stood out!