Thanks Bilal. I’d love to see that too. This isn’t a knock on China’s undeniable gains by any means, more of a question of which country’s continued progress is more tied to future decisions of its leaders.
@packym
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Government vs Industry Strength Estimates: UK and Dutch Analysis
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criteria here was the very rough estimates on government strength v industry strength from Claude. UK still gov-dominated even if capitalist system, Dutch doesn't make the cut as a real empire.
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US Market Dominance: Over 50% Global Company Value
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Interesting point. I think just looking at market value of American companies vs. world, we're at >50%. Top non-US are: Saudi Aramco: state-owned
TSMC: most of its biggest customers are US
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Entrepreneurial Force Exceeds Government Power in America
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America is the first "empire" in which the entrepreneurial force is stronger than the governmental force (based on made up but directionally correct #s from Claude). I had way too much fun playing with @Datawrapper in this one.
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Building Our Future: Independence and Innovation in Technology
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No one is coming to save us. We can just build things. Happy 4th of July.
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American Empire Redefined: Technological Innovation Over Geographic Expansion
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The American Empire is not over. It's the first Capitalist Empire, defined not by its ability to expand geographically to capture existing resources, but by its ability to expand technologically to create new ones. This is the American Millennium.
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Pirate Wires Building Army Humans Robots Science Fiction
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"Pirate Wires is building an army. There will be many more humans in this army (we are hiring by the way, send me your takes), and probably also robots. That isn’t scary. That’s just a science fiction novel that we get to live inside." —
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Small Business Ownership and Value Creation Opportunity
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Great conversation between @garrytan & @kevinjsong on how to give small business owners the opportunity to own the spaces they create value in.
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Weekly Dose 100: Celebrating Human AI Achievements and Optimism
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@damccormick13 and I have been spreading the optimism for 100 weeks. Read all about the amazing things humans keep pulling off in Weekly Dose #100:
