> When children in China are asked what they want to be, #1 is astronaut. In the US it's social media influencer. Play that thought experiment a couple generati

> When children in China are asked what they want to be, #1 is astronaut. In the US it's social media influencer. Play that thought experiment a couple generations. Pretty sure that in the Soviet Union (and early Russia), the answer was also "astrounaut". At least it felt that way, when I was growing up there, and it certainly was the answer for me. Didn't end up leading them that far though. So I am not much worried about that "astrounaut" answer in China today being much of an indicator of anything meaningful either.