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Apparently, the 'high order bits' for a nation to gain economic supremacy are boring things like raw materials, land, size of work pool... and less so lofty thi
by thomassmith65 2y ago
Apparently, the 'high order bits' for a nation to gain economic supremacy are boring things like raw materials, land, size of work pool... and less so lofty things like culture, demographics, system of government...
- rich_sasha 2y agoWell, in an epoch where these things matter. I can imagine we're entering an epoch where access to battery tech/resources, GPUs and cheap energy is what matters. Plus good teaching universities...
- thomassmith65 2y agoThat's probably more the case now that there aren't any new resource-rich continents to colonize. Maybe in the distant future, some country will claim a passing asteroid full of rare metals and gasses, and become the economic superpower of its era.
- 1oooqooq 2y agoexcept gpu etc are the tulip equivalent. only matters as speculation between the already richm the new fortunes are all based on rent today. including colonialism. every south America and Africa country privatized all their infrastructure to American or European companies in the last 10 years. telephone, water, power, transportation, banking.