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RE: https://mastodon.social/@UP8/116597227671224128

Fascinating ‘big picture’ read, including: “…right now we are playing out two underlying theories of what constitutes value. In the U.S., we have decided that value is measured by the number of zeroes in a bank account of an oligarch. In China, they have decided that value is measured by the ability to make things people and nations need. We structure our rules differently as a result. In some sense, we are both succeeding at what we put our systems to work for.” And “ In a few years, unless we change strategies and restructure our relationship with finance and China, the U.S. won’t have any industries left. We’ll be a hungry and desperate oligarchy, wondering how we can beg a few more scraps from that high tech nation across the Pacific. I’d prefer to avoid that. Xi Jinping, and most of Wall Street, is fine with it.

“And that’s why the people at the Xi-Trump summit are fine with no outcomes. The status quo, for all those American CEOs and the Chinese leadership, is working out. It’s the rest of us who are in trouble.”

#USPol #ChinaPol #Oligarchy #values #efficiencyMoat #finance #productivity #CEOs

Un minuto e moitas incógnitas: a nubosidade media nas últimas tres décadas foi do 30% para o 12 de agosto

O meteorólogo Benito Fuentes indica que as formacións baixas e unha cobertura do 35% son as principais ameazas para a observación

GCiencia

@mcfadden
Probably true but interesting to see how CEOs are unused to getting a little pushback & a few boos at the mention of AI & other crap - must be sickophant heaven in their shop. 😐

#CEOSlop #CEOs #sickophant(TM)

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Trump took 17 CEOs to China. We mapped who actually needs Beijing — and the answer isn't who you'd guess.

Qualcomm pulls 46% of revenue from China. The most exposed company on the plane.
Tesla, Apple, and Nvidia all carry significant China revenue too.
Meta? Lobbies harder than anyone on that flight — with near-zero China revenue.

https://youtu.be/4y-Vt0ZpweI

#TrumpChina #ChinaDelegation #BigTech #Qualcomm #Meta #Lobbying #TechPolicy #CEOs #USChina #AirForceOne

Trump's China Delegation: Who Actually Needs Beijing?

YouTube
...training #methodologies for #programs that we want to call #AI. The #CEOs around AI act like they are #mystics of some incredible magnitude. Like they have brought advanced something to #humanity. They've brought accelerated #climate problems. There has been a hint of what could be done...