> This is going to answer a very important question for the future. Is American tech dominance the result of some magic cultural mojo born from American values that can't be replicated in a different cultural sphere, or is it something that can be replicated if you pump enough money into the right educational, institutional, and industrial structures while completely divorced from American culture.
My American comrades, I find you sounding rather alarmist.
While American culture has little to do with it, China doesn't benefit a single bit from that.
What matters is:
1. Rich, and talented people can afford to vote with their feet. China is not a nice place to live if you are one (and to be fair, not safe either.)
2. Deng Xiaoping has catastrophically undermined China on demography. The impact of 1 child police will be felt for many decades to come even if China will abolish demographic controls completely.
3. All rich, famous, and talented people I know in China are set to move out "someday," taking their capital, and brainshare with them. The USA is still the No. 1 destination for many Chinese.
My American comrades, I find you sounding rather alarmist.
While American culture has little to do with it, China doesn't benefit a single bit from that.
What matters is:
1. Rich, and talented people can afford to vote with their feet. China is not a nice place to live if you are one (and to be fair, not safe either.)
2. Deng Xiaoping has catastrophically undermined China on demography. The impact of 1 child police will be felt for many decades to come even if China will abolish demographic controls completely.
3. All rich, famous, and talented people I know in China are set to move out "someday," taking their capital, and brainshare with them. The USA is still the No. 1 destination for many Chinese.