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← Technological capability has to be practised to be kept: a country that stops making something forgets how.

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Everything filed under America America Everything filed under China China Everything filed under tariffs tariffs Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Technological capability has to be practised to be kept: a country that stops making something forgets how. Technological capability has to bepractised to be kept: a country that stopsmaking something forgets how. Last stated a year ago 6 Apr 2025 DW Dan Wang — holds since 2020-01-01 — tap for who they are MH Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: No country can keep a key technology to itself for long, because the knowledge leaves with the people who hold it. — tap to centre the map on it No country can keep a key technologyto itself for long, because theknowledge leaves with the people whohold it. Last stated 7 years ago 1 Jan 2020 DW Dan Wang — holds since 2020-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Money cannot buy back a manufacturing capability a country has lost, because what is missing is the knowhow. — tap to centre the map on it Money cannot buy back amanufacturing capability a countryhas lost, because what is missing isthe knowhow. Last stated a year ago 6 Apr 2025 MH Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Only a handful of countries can do high technology at all, because industrial capability is path-dependent and the initial conditions are very hard to get right. — tap to centre the map on it Only a handful of countries can dohigh technology at all, becauseindustrial capability ispath-dependent and the initialconditions are very hard to getright. Last stated 7 years ago 1 Jan 2020 DW Dan Wang — holds since 2020-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Technologies are either born free or born in captivity, and the born-free ones — the internet when it started — have to be preserved from new regulation. — tap to centre the map on it Technologies are either born free orborn in captivity, and the born-freeones — the internet when it started— have to be preserved from newregulation. Last stated 3 weeks ago 18 Aug 2026 MK Michael Kratsios — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Trust in American technology, not model capability, may be the thing that wins the world. — tap to centre the map on it Trust in American technology, notmodel capability, may be the thingthat wins the world. Last stated 10 months ago 12 Nov 2025 SN Satya Nadella — holds since 2025-11-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Capability has never been the reason a technology gets deployed: any carmaker could switch the brakes off every Friday, and none does. — tap to centre the map on it Capability has never been the reasona technology gets deployed: anycarmaker could switch the brakes offevery Friday, and none does. Last stated 4 weeks ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: In a dysfunctional society the loss of working knowledge becomes routine, and attempts to reverse-engineer what was lost do not always succeed. — tap to centre the map on it In a dysfunctional society the lossof working knowledge becomesroutine, and attempts toreverse-engineer what was lost donot always succeed. Last stated 6 years ago 19 Aug 2020 SB Samo Burja — holds since 2020-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Institutional decay is the normal case: keeping an existing capability alive is difficult and growing a new one is rare. — tap to centre the map on it Institutional decay is the normalcase: keeping an existing capabilityalive is difficult and growing a newone is rare. Last stated 8 years ago 24 Apr 2018 SB Samo Burja — holds since 2018-04-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moonbefore America returns would be adefeat for the free world. Last stated 3 weeks ago 18 Aug 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot have radicaltechnological breakthroughs and alsorefuse to tolerate uncomfortablyrich people, because the financialsystem it resents is what funds theinnovation. Last stated a year ago 13 Aug 2025 KJ Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. — tap to centre the map on it A country's large trade deficit inmanufactured goods reduces itsmanufacturing employment below whatit would be with balanced trade. Last stated today 7 Sept 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot fund its ownindustrial strategy and call thesame policy cheating when China doesit. Last stated a year ago 15 May 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms. — tap to centre the map on it A few square miles at the Moon'ssouth pole are the only lunar realestate that matters, and whoevergets there first sets the terms. Last stated 3 weeks ago 18 Aug 2026 EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A large, sustained AI capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them. — tap to centre the map on it A large, sustained AI capabilitylead by either the US or China couldshift the global balance of powerbetween them. Last stated 2 days ago 5 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home. — tap to centre the map on it Cutting off trade with tariffs wouldforce a huge interest-rate spike andprobably a debt crisis, because thebudget deficit would have to befinanced at home. Last stated a year ago 14 Apr 2025 JC John H. Cochrane — holds since 2025-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Rebuilding American manufacturing is a decades-long educational and cultural project, not something tariffs can do. — tap to centre the map on it Rebuilding American manufacturing isa decades-long educational andcultural project, not somethingtariffs can do. Last stated 8 months ago 25 Dec 2025 MH Molson Hart — holds since 2025-12-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements. — tap to centre the map on it Reducing trade deficits and revivingmanufacturing would not end theresentment fueling right-wingauthoritarian movements. Last stated today 7 Sept 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Technological capability has to be practised to be kept: a country that stops making something forgets how. Last stated 6 Apr 2025 · a year ago Holds Dan WangMolson Hart Read this korrent →