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This is all negative for the US but our loss is the world’s gain. China’s economy will pass the US’s in the 2030’s, for example. India will rise to #3. We sho
by melling 9y ago
This is all negative for the US but our loss is the world’s gain. China’s economy will pass the US’s in the 2030’s, for example. India will rise to #3.
We should expect more R&D from the rest of the world. China may lead the world in AI and space exploration. India in drug research. Billions of people will come out of poverty.
American students may flock to India to get a better education at a fraction of the cost.
- puppetmaster40 9y agoMath? USA is projected to grow over 3%. China is projected to grow less than 2%. At what point does China 'catch' USA? 3020?
- melling 9y agoSource? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-gdp/chinas-economy-seen-growing-6-8-percent-in-2017-and-6-4-percent-in-2018-reuters-poll-idUSKBN1CT0FO https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-gdp/chinas-...
- puppetmaster40 9y agoOops. You are right. I read something but... now can't find it. I hope they don't pass US.
- rdtsc 9y ago> This is all negative for the US but our loss is the world’s gain That's fine, why shouldn't other countries do well and achieve success. There was a story about China offering a house and a huge research budget to a Chinese national who just graduated from a US school. And people were upset and kind of negative about it, but I think it is great that China can do it. > American students may flock to India to get a better education at a fraction of the cost. Yeah, it would be good to see more international cooperation. And it can and should come from other countries becoming centers of research and learning.
- Bilal_io 9y agoOther countries should achieve success. However, the American view, or better say the view of the powerful countries is that success equals strength and leadership. America wants to maintain that position, they need diplomacy, AI, education, weapons, agriculture... Etc. If you fall down in any of these categories to depend on another nation, that gives them a hand above you.
- gaius 9y agoChina may lead the world in AI and space exploration. India in drug research China yes, but is there a lot of drug research coming out of India right now? Their pharma industry seems largely based around mass-producing generics.
- tareqak 9y agoIndia's approach is line with their needs: the vast majority of their population need cheaper access to common life-saving drugs that you and I take for granted: once a significantly large number of their population "levels-up" in terms of wealth, education, and health, the research will follow.
- tgarma1234 9y agoHaving graduated from high school in 1989 I can assure you that people have been saying this since as long as I have been a teenager. It used to be that people were obsessed with how Japan was going to suddenly dominate the American economy with their extraordinary technological prowess. It seems like what people really want is to encourage American kids to study science and math and they are using the boogey man stories of foreign domination and excellence to somehow play into that narrative.
- klipt 9y agoAmerica has had an exceptional century thanks to exceptional circumstances: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-old-days https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-old-days But no country is dominant forever.
- tgarma1234 9y agoI think it's a mistake to think of "countries" in this way. America has never helped most of the people in it get good educations. I don't personally want to be "dominant" in this nationalistic way. So it doesn't bother me at all. If you are interested in math, study math.