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> will outperform does outperform China is absolutely winning innovation in the 21st century. I'm so impressed. For an example from just this morning, there

by david927 11mo ago

> will outperform does outperform China is absolutely winning innovation in the 21st century. I'm so impressed. For an example from just this morning, there was an article that they're developing thorium reactor-powered cargo ships. I'm blown away.

yanhangyhy 11mo ago
I remember this thing. The tech is from America actually, decades ago. (Thorium). But they give up and china counties the work recent years
- rmorey 11mo ago
  "The tech is from America actually, decades ago... But they give up and china continues the work" Many such cases...
  - yanhangyhy 11mo ago
    rare earth..
- embedding-shape 11mo ago
  > The tech is from America actually, decades ago. (Thorium). I guess it depends on how you see it, but regardless, the people putting it to use today doesn't seem to be in the US. FWIW: > Thorium was discovered in 1828 by the Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius during his analysis of a new mineral [...] In 1824, after more deposits of the same mineral in Vest-Agder, Norway, were discovered [...] While thorium was discovered in 1828 its first application dates only from 1885, when Austrian chemist Carl Auer von Welsbach invented the gas mantle [...] Thorium was first observed to be radioactive in 1898, by the German chemist Gerhard Carl Schmidt For being an American discovery, it sure has a lot of European people involved in it :) (I've said it elsewhere but worth repeating; trying to track down where a technology/invention actually comes from is a fools errand, and there is always something earlier that led to today, so doesn't serve much purpose except nationalism it seems to me).
  - conradev 11mo ago
    The tech we’re talking about is using Thorium for useful work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power#Hi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-Salt_Reactor_Experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-Salt_Reactor_Experiment
epolanski 11mo ago
Jm2c, but I really dislike those winners/losers narratives. They lack any nuance, are juvenile, and ultimately do not contribute much but noise like endless of pointless "who's better Jordan or Lebron?" debates.

yanhangyhy 11mo ago

I remember this thing. The tech is from America actually, decades ago. (Thorium). But they give up and china counties the work recent years

rmorey 11mo ago
"The tech is from America actually, decades ago... But they give up and china continues the work" Many such cases...
- yanhangyhy 11mo ago
  rare earth..
embedding-shape 11mo ago
> The tech is from America actually, decades ago. (Thorium). I guess it depends on how you see it, but regardless, the people putting it to use today doesn't seem to be in the US. FWIW: > Thorium was discovered in 1828 by the Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius during his analysis of a new mineral [...] In 1824, after more deposits of the same mineral in Vest-Agder, Norway, were discovered [...] While thorium was discovered in 1828 its first application dates only from 1885, when Austrian chemist Carl Auer von Welsbach invented the gas mantle [...] Thorium was first observed to be radioactive in 1898, by the German chemist Gerhard Carl Schmidt For being an American discovery, it sure has a lot of European people involved in it :) (I've said it elsewhere but worth repeating; trying to track down where a technology/invention actually comes from is a fools errand, and there is always something earlier that led to today, so doesn't serve much purpose except nationalism it seems to me).
- conradev 11mo ago
  The tech we’re talking about is using Thorium for useful work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power#Hi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-Salt_Reactor_Experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-Salt_Reactor_Experiment

epolanski 11mo ago

Jm2c, but I really dislike those winners/losers narratives. They lack any nuance, are juvenile, and ultimately do not contribute much but noise like endless of pointless "who's better Jordan or Lebron?" debates.