Notes From Utopia:

• The Tropicalist recounts the history of previous pivotal developments in information and communications technology and how civilizations that failed to grasp the importance of such developments eventually lost out

Jesse and Madhavi discuss:

• 5G: hype vs reality
• the rollout of 5G in economically developed parts of Asia versus less developed parts of Asia
• the possibility of 5G being “galapagosized”
• the wisdom in the Chinese approach to tech regulation

Links:

• Interview with Morris Chang of TSMC (podcast)
• Silicon Valley Rooted in Backing from US Military
• Cold War Armory: Military Contracting in Silicon Valley
• Japan Considers TSMC Tie-Up to Boost Chip Industry, Yomiuri Says
• China Set to Pass Its Own Law Protecting Vital Tech From U.S.
• UK Includes Huawei Ban in Telecoms Security Bill
• Chinese Hackers Have Pillaged Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry
• Chinese Scientists Claim Breakthrough in Quantum Computing
• Semiconductor Industry Is the New Battleground in Great Power Conflict
• Galapagos Effect: How Can Japan Capture Global Value from Japan’s Technologies and New Business Models?
• Text of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou’s Speech at the 2014 Huawei ICT Finance Forum
• Kondratieff Wave Theory
• Paper Before Print: The History and Impact of Paper in the Islamic World
• Sanctioned: The Arrest of a Telecom Giant (podcast)
• Xi Warns Against Tech Excess in Sign Crackdown Will Widen

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