China’s new plan to seize the world’s tech crown from the U.S

Re:China’s new plan to seize the world’s tech crown from the... by BobbyJo on Thursday May 21, 2020 @11:21AM (#23259460)

How can they be way ahead of us yet behind us in the most important and fundamental ways?

That's like saying a car is the fastest car except it's engine.

I feel like China sometimes looks more advanced, but in actuality is far behind. It's easy to look advanced when your technology ecosystem is highly centralized and on display for the purpose of bolstering national pride. In the US the ecosystem is fractured and exists solely to provide value. The tech isn't there for show, it's there for competition and profit.

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Re:China’s new plan to seize the world’s tech crown from the... by LargoLasskhyfv on Friday May 22, 2020 @12:18AM (#23268582)

When thinking about Hollywood, Disney, Pixar, Industrial Light & Magic, Times Square in NYC while at the same time there are 'food deserts' not in some sparsely inhabited parts of 'fly-over-country' but metropolitan regions, i tend to disagree. Furthermore, profit for whom? Eternal competition is tiring, and may even end in a race to the bottom.

SPLAT!

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Re:China’s new plan to seize the world’s tech crown from the... by BobbyJo on Monday June 01, 2020 @01:32PM (#23381194)

Profit for everyone? The general premise of capitalism is you have to make something someone else values. If more people get value from it, and they get more value from it, you make more money, so you're very incentivized to benefit as many people as much as possible.

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