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4/7 The CCP's secondary goal is to restore China's greatness, which may imply territorial expansion. China was historically a superpower before the US existed, lost its footing for a while, and now that it's back, the newly risen United States as a free and open hegemon challenges that ambition. 5/7 The US have four options from here. One is a hot war — unthinkable because at this scale, there is too much to lose, even for the winner. Two is appeasement — which historically also leads to war because "the hunger grows with the eating" (the appeased keeps making larger demands until they are unacceptable). Three is the Pygmalion approach — unrealistic for the reason I mentioned in #3. Four is maintaining the status quo of "strategic competition" (i.e., a Cold War) with China — i.e., shaping international alliances to be more favorable to the US without going so far as to trigger military action by China (e.g., on Taiwan).

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A great one-hour interview with Prof. Stephen Kotkin from Stanford’s Hoover Institution about China-US relations. My own TL;DW: https://youtu.be/4aQfzDs7RzI 1/7 China is first and foremost characterized by its Leninist regime, in that the CCP has a monopoly on power and inserts itself into all institutions both public and private. Previous regime attempts to bring the private sector to the CCP by allowing business people to become ranking members failed; so now the policy is to have CCP presence in every private companies' boards and executive teams. 2/7 Whether China is also a Marxist regime is subject to interpretation, given the latitude extended to the private sector which generates wealth and employment. 3/7 The regime’s primary goal is its own perpetuation, which limits how much it can open up both economically and politically. The Pygmalion approach of expecting China to embrace the international order is, therefore, naive and unrealistic. China would rather reshape the international order.

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Kiddo is a bit of an aviation geek (wonder where he gets that from) and likes to monitor trending flights on FlightRadar24. He just walked in all excited to report that Concorde (G-BOAG) is flying again: https://www.flightradar24.com/BAW9999/39b3ee42 I did a double take (that hull was retired 20 years ago and sits in a museum), and then told him to check today's date

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I’ll definitely learn other languages in the next 1-2 decades for fun, but I fully expect Rust to be my daily driver in this period

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incredibly exciting. more so when you extrapolate out to the physical world: imagine the suburbs rebuilt w detail maximalism https://x.com/david_perell/status/1905028493236486516?s=46

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There’s an all out 30 second assault bike challenge happening at noon in the West Village, NYC. Competition is whoever can burn the most calories I’m gonna go win it

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