Developing-country workers took advantage of the bargaining power that globalization afforded them to gain resources for their own consumption. Computers and robots, by contrast, do not consume anything except electricity, even as they complete leg, finger, and even brain activities faster and more efficiently than humans would.
提尔认为，这一现象和机器人崛起之间的关键区别在于消费。发展中国家工人利用全球化带给他们的议价权获得他们自己的消费资源。反之，计算机和机器人不消费除电力以外的任何东西，尽管他们完成腿、手指甚至大脑活动的速度和效率远远强于人类。