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It's interesting to see the zeitgeist of this evolve. Just 6 months ago much of the public was very blasé about China, but experts in many realms were sounding
by jorblumesea 7y ago
It's interesting to see the zeitgeist of this evolve. Just 6 months ago much of the public was very blasé about China, but experts in many realms were sounding alarm bells. A few months later, now look at it.
- JumpCrisscross 7y ago> It's interesting to see the zeitgeist of this evolve This is how systems exhibiting punctuated equilibria evolve. The physical analogy is a pile of sand, accruing by one grain at a time. It will eventually collapse, that is known. And it will do so suddenly, anyone who made sandcastles knows this. But knowing when it will collapse is strikingly tough. With sand, the correlation comes from friction between grains. With people, the correlation comes from social pressure. Once the friction is overcome, the social pressure breached, the system changes rapidly.
- magicsmoke 7y agoSounds very much like stock market crashes.
- Ambele 7y agoI wish I could recolor the usernames of the smartest people on HN like you, so I'd be able to quickly discern in future articles whether a bright and smart person like you is commenting.
- chillacy 7y agoIt doesn't help when both sides were escalating constantly like two drunk blokes starting a bar fight. This is supposedly the current president's negotiation style.