Somewhat off-topic but peripherally related to misconceptions about China: In the U.S. we are conditioned to think that Amazon is the most innovative/out-of-box

Somewhat off-topic but peripherally related to misconceptions about China: In the U.S. we are conditioned to think that Amazon is the most innovative/out-of-box-thinking retailer in the world. But there are some new ideas out of China in the retail and surveillance spaces that are pretty impressive/scary, beyond anything we've seen from Amazon so far. There's a bunch of articles/videos/images on this Twitter feed [1]. I like the idea of the compactible smart locker [2] though. Also, the parking garage gate that scans your license plate [3] and automatically raises the barrier arm -- it sounds like an invasion of privacy except (1) apps like Spothero already know my license plate number; (2) license plates are visible publicly. On that note, some misconceptions that we have about China's innovation mindset are addressed here [4]. [1] https://twitter.com/conniechan https://twitter.com/conniechan [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsuDDBcJ18c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsuDDBcJ18c [3] https://twitter.com/conniechan/status/990730265239654406 https://twitter.com/conniechan/status/990730265239654406 [4] https://a16z.com/2016/02/16/mindsets-for-thinking-about-innovation-in-and-competition-from-china/ https://a16z.com/2016/02/16/mindsets-for-thinking-about-inno...