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It is telling that the defining book of the decade on tech startups—Zero to One was a runaway best-seller in China but didn't even sell 50,000 copies in India.
by whatyoucantsay 8y ago
It is telling that the defining book of the decade on tech startups—Zero to One was a runaway best-seller in China but didn't even sell 50,000 copies in India.
India has, perhaps, relied too heavily on the 1 to N promise of globalisation and, in the process, won in a race to the bottom.
- dingo_bat 8y agoDo you have a source for those numbers?
- whatyoucantsay 8y agoAh the joys of HN. Here is a source for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxWpvgTH9oI&t=25m27s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxWpvgTH9oI&t=25m27s
- dingo_bat 8y agoWell, it's surprising. Don't know what it means but it does mean something.
- whatyoucantsay 8y agoI don't begrudge losing the karma to share facts that violate our shared expectations. The view I have on it is that in China, there is a large and growing interest in large, long-term investment in new technologies and new ideas. Obviously there's a continuum and China is also still implementing and scaling technologies built in the west, but there's a definite commitment towards breaking new ground as well.