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Or maybe in the short term China will "win" (America declines, Chine's influence rises). Only to find that they are unable to develop their own tech, come up to

by clubm8 8y ago

Or maybe in the short term China will "win" (America declines, Chine's influence rises). Only to find that they are unable to develop their own tech, come up to solutions to keeping said tech running 10-20 years down the line, etc etc. I could totally see a future where America gets embroiled in a civil war and China's experiencing a sort of "island syndrome" ala Japan where all their tech was advanced at one point and now is stuck in time.

astronautjones 8y ago
USA's best and brightest minds are currently being used to figure out how to sell ads for corrupt social media companies
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- clubm8 8y ago
  > USA's best and brightest minds are currently being used to figure out how to sell ads for corrupt social media companies Are they really the brightest if they can't find a way to make a high wage without working in advertising? :) Also LOL at calling advertising, a scummy but legal industry "corrupt" in a conversation about China https://web.archive.org/web/20081210040251/http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_progj&task=view&id=1029 https://web.archive.org/web/20081210040251/http://www.csis.o...
  - astronautjones 8y ago
    i called social media companies corrupt in a week where some of the most damning reporting about fb ever was published
    - clubm8 8y ago
      > i called social media companies corrupt in a week where some of the most damning reporting about fb ever was published Uh, ok? Sorry but your reply is a bit of a non-sequitur, I'm not clear where you're going with this point.