A few cracks in the facade of omnipotence.
IIId. The Free World Must Prevail - SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
Superintelligence will give a decisive economic and military advantage. China isn’t at all out of the game yet. In the race to AGI, the free world’s very survival will be at stake. Can we maintain our preeminence over the authoritarian powers? And will we manage to avoid self-destruction along the way? The story of the
China’s Age of Malaise
Party officials are vanishing, young workers are “lying flat,” and entrepreneurs are fleeing the country. What does China’s inner turmoil mean for the world?
Building China: Rise of the Superblock - RADII
How China came to repeat the urban development mistakes of the US and Europe, resulting in colossal building projects and car-centric living
China’s Learn-On-The-Job Robots Outpace US’ Cautious Rollout
Which philosophy they will learn to think. Can a walled garden outlast an open field, or will openness inevitably prevail?
Trump’s Call for China to Investigate the Bidens Shows How Far He’ll Go to Save Himself
Rather than denying the central charge against him—abuse of Presidential power—Trump is now embracing it, giving it his public imprimatur.
What Does a Chinese Superpower Look Like? Nothing Like the U.S.
Xi Jinping has a truly global vision.
Jeff Bezos Is Afraid Of What Comes Next
What comes after authoritarianism and the golden age of corruption? Billionaires are desperate to abuse their control of mass media to convince you it's anything other than good faith, popular, progressive reform.
The Land That Failed to Fail (Published 2018)
The West was sure the Chinese approach would not work. It just had to wait. It’s still waiting.
Who’s Afraid of Chinese Models? (Stratechery Article 7-20-2026)
Ambitious Canada Part 8: Mega Projects
Do you believe that Canada is facing an existential crisis? The answer to this question determines the kind of actions we, as a nation, take going forward. History has examples of nations that faced existential threats and responded by aligning their government and private sectors to achieve the imp
Breaking Big Tech Companies Monopoly Power - SOMO
Big Tech companies control markets and rules for people, businesses, and public services. Big Tech's monopoly power needs to be broken up.
Marriott Data Breach Is Traced to Chinese Hackers as U.S. Readies Crackdown on Beijing (Published 2018)
The Trump administration is expected to indict hackers and roll out import restrictions out of concern that Beijing will not easily change its trade, cyber and economic practices.
Why China is giving away its best AI models
Chinese labs like Moonshot are forcing OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to rethink what they lock away.
After recent tests, China appears likely to beat the United States back to the Moon
An expert explains why this will be enormously bad for the United States.
What the West fails to grasp about China’s strategy to lead the world
Xi Jinping wants to forge ‘a common destiny for humankind’ by winning over the Global South and taking Taiwan. But if America and Europe are to counter this ‘double pivot’, they must better understand ‘Xi Thought’, argues Steve Tsang.
