New piece!

It's been a month since I returned from a one-month trip to China. 

Before putting fingers to keyboard, I intended to write a stream-of-consciousness, take your eyes with me-style travelogue. Yet as I wrote, it evolved into a piece that jumps between past and https://t.co/63WtX8xtCH

For my favorite newsletter ChinaTalk, I wrote about a major vibe shift in China—where @deepseek_ai's AI breakthrough has ignited a new techno-nationalistic discussion on China's time has finally come.

Big thanks to Lily Ottinger and @jordanschnyc for sharpening and editing

Last year, i couldn't stop thinking about @tsmullaney's “The Chinese Computer” book.

I found myself recalling the days of my childhood when I “learned” to type, and how my name, “Zhao (曌),” with its uncommon character, was lost for years in the liminal spaces of early Chinese https://t.co/oAQsxTWzId

Executive Director of Kawaakibi Foundation. Using new tech and new paradigms to protect human rights.

hi frens, if you are in #Devcon2024:

I will be moderating a panel From Western Liberalism to World Liberalism at 2 pm at Stage 1, featuring panelists @VitalikButerin @MacaesBruno @fernandezdiego @gatnash — where we will be talking about Ethereum values across the global

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