Very cool read. One thing stuck out to me: In 1973 Taiwan founded the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to help develop its industrial and techno

Very cool read. One thing stuck out to me: In 1973 Taiwan founded the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to help develop its industrial and technological capabilities. Taiwan’s industrial policy playbook was largely based on what had worked in Japan and Korea, and ITRI was based on similar institutes that had been founded in those two countries. As a frequent visitor to Taiwan I note that they've tried to do the same thing several times since then, in other technical fields, and have yet to replicate the success they had with semi conductors. They to be fair they're only 23.6 million people so to be technical world leader "only" in semiconductors is already a huge achievement.