2-1c2b Forced vertical integration made Tesla intimately familiar with the complex supply chain required to build a car. Good counter-argument to outsourcing everything.

“The US now has a vertically integrated loop for supplying itself and the entire world the critical medium and heavy crude oil products.” – John Doe (20260106)

And he doesn’t have to worry (i.e., second-guess) about what other shops are doing.revisit

Related:

• 2-1b2e0 The less guessing layers the better
• 5-1b1a7 Technology’s ‘function’ consists of many parts, and you have to have an explanation for how each contributes to the whole (i.e., ‘vertically-integrated’)
• 6-3b3e Everyone benefits in blockchain and protocol networks