My hopes for the future - Alex Zhao

fka. why i'm a china hawk

preface: I’m drawing a lot on personal opinion and commenting on 50+ years of history, so this piece runs a higher-than-average risk of factual incorrectness, DYDD. By many names (builder, researcher, e/acc) I’m optimistic about the development and safe deployment of technological innovation (tech), and believe tech has the potential to radically change our world for the better, very soon. For the past 50-odd years, tech has contributed almost directly to economic productivity and improving quality of living for people around the world, through cheaper goods, better services and…

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