China-US relations; technology competition; semiconductor industry; Bitcoin; military technology; intellectual property; surveillance; foreign policy.

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Outline:

(00:00) Start

(00:28) Introduction

(00:54) The Chinese Communist Party vs The West

(02:33) How much technology has China created or stolen

(02:55) Google's Project Maven & China

(03:43) China's rapid military product design vs The Pentagon's slow procurement

(06:30) More Chinese students study in the US than vice versa

(07:53) How to avoid information infiltration as an "open-country"

(09:16) How to stay ahead in Quantum & AI

(12:00) Why did it take us so long to wake up on the threat of China? (Tiananmen)

(14:30) Do we currently have a model of what is going on in China?

(15:08) Xi Jinping has absolute power

(15:30) Semiconductor history

(16:18) What happens when Taiwan Semiconductors or Samsung are coerced by China?

(17:16) You can think of Taiwan as one company

(17:49) Stagnation in Semiconductors in Silicon Valley

(19:50) What is the alternative to Huawei, is 5G overrated?

(21:54) How low-income countries are forced into debt by China

(21:51) The space race with Russia & China

(25:00) Q&A Panel

(25:58) Sino–American IP and Venture Wars

(34:31) Does China have a technical advantage

(35:48) How to improve technology adoption at the Pentagon

(38:38) Bitcoin as a Chinese Financial Weapon Against the USD

(43:00) Total Surveillance

(46:00) US investing in R&D

(01:06:30) How Zero-to-One Competition Theory can apply to foreign policy

(01:09:01) How do you see Tik-Tok (Multilateralism)

(01:13:00) China Infiltrating organisations like WHO

(01:18:10) How can US compete with China

(01:19:20) Are you optimistic?

(01:21:50) Should the world descend on Beijing?

(01:03:33) Competitive advantage of the Pentagon

(01:24:38) How do we benchmark US progress in AI against China?

(01:29:32) Closing remarks

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Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJcKWtiFzIY

Artificial intelligence; 5G wireless; blockchain security; new Internet and monetary systems; US-China relations; understanding money as time; future economic and technological models.

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Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufm85wHJk5A

Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO0KH-TgvbM

Globalization; the threat from China; US capitalism and Bernie Sanders; Silicon Valley's "derangement"; political correctness; American exceptionalism.

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Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXG2F0a6I28

Technological stagnation; globalization; climate activism; academia; religion.

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Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO_00POR-Po

The future of technology; the impact of technological advancements on Western Civilization; the digital revolution; challenges and opportunities presented by technological progress.

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Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uft4hkP9HTw

Business strategy; monopoly theory; capturing value; market dynamics; innovation.

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Outline:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:50) Outline

(00:57) Capturing value

(01:57) Big piece of a small pie

(03:37) Perfect competition

(04:31) Monopoly

(05:33) Lies people tell

(05:36) Differences underestimated

(06:59) Narratives

(07:54) British food in Palo Alto

(08:40) Do the intersections make money?

(08:45) Blockbuster movie

(09:29) Is the intersection valuable?

(09:35) Startup version

(10:11) The search market

(11:00) The advertising market

(11:29) The technology market

(12:36) Evidence of narrow markets

(13:28) How to build a monopoly

(13:39) The right size

(14:36) Start small and expand

(17:05) Start big and shrink

(18:40) Last mover advantage

(18:45) Characteristics of monopoly

(27:10) Value of the future

(27:55) History of innovation

(28:28) Technological innovation

(30:16) Capturing value

(31:59) Success cases

(37:03) Psychology of competition

(38:14) Mimetic preferences

(38:33) Competition as validation

(42:22) Q&A

(42:26) Q1

(43:01) Q2

(43:38) Q3

(44:34) Q4

(46:40) Q5

(47:55) Q6

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Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBYrcYy_dh4

Determinate vs. indeterminate thinking in society; the role of luck in success; planning for the future; building businesses and creating opportunities.

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Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaV62ao8_d8

Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyxqlJTPIJY

Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPH6h8VnM64