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Read this korrent: Technological capability has to be practised to be kept: a country that stops making something forgets how.
Technological capability has to be practised to be kept: a country that stops making 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 technology to itself for long, because the knowledge leaves with the people who hold 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 a manufacturing capability a country has lost, because what is missing is the 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 do high technology at all, because industrial capability is path-dependent and the initial conditions are very hard to get right.
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 or born in captivity, and the born-free ones — the internet when it started — have to be preserved from new regulation.
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, not model capability, may be the thing that 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 reason a technology gets deployed: any carmaker could switch the brakes off every Friday, and none does.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
10 Aug 2026
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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 loss of working knowledge becomes routine, and attempts to reverse-engineer what was lost do not always succeed.
Last stated 6 years ago
19 Aug 2020
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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 normal case: keeping an existing capability alive is difficult and growing a new one 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 Moon before America returns would be a defeat 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 radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation.
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 in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it 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 own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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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's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets 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 capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them.
Last stated 2 days ago
5 Sept 2026
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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 would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed 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 is a decades-long educational and cultural project, not something tariffs can do.
Last stated 8 months ago
25 Dec 2025
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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 reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements.
Last stated today
7 Sept 2026
PK
Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
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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 DW Dan WangMH Molson Hart
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No country can keep a key technology to itself for long, because the knowledge leaves with the people who hold it.
Last stated 1 Jan 2020 · 7 years ago
Holds DW Dan Wang
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Money cannot buy back a manufacturing capability a country has lost, because what is missing is the knowhow.
Last stated 6 Apr 2025 · a year ago
Holds MH Molson Hart
Similar wording
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.
Last stated 1 Jan 2020 · 7 years ago
Holds DW Dan Wang
Similar wording
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.
Last stated 18 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds MK Michael Kratsios
Similar wording
Trust in American technology, not model capability, may be the thing that wins the world.
Last stated 12 Nov 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds SN Satya Nadella
Similar wording
Capability has never been the reason a technology gets deployed: any carmaker could switch the brakes off every Friday, and none does.
Last stated 10 Aug 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds FL Fei-Fei Li
Similar wording
In a dysfunctional society the loss of working knowledge becomes routine, and attempts to reverse-engineer what was lost do not always succeed.
Last stated 19 Aug 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds SB Samo Burja
Similar wording
Institutional decay is the normal case: keeping an existing capability alive is difficult and growing a new one is rare.
Last stated 24 Apr 2018 · 8 years ago
Holds SB Samo Burja
Same subject: America
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 18 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds CH Casey HandmerEB Eric Berger
Same subject: America
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.
Last stated 13 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds KJ Keyu Jin
Same subject: America
A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · today
Holds PK Paul Krugman
Same subject: China
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated 15 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds HR Hannah Ritchie
Same subject: China
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.
Last stated 18 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds EB Eric Berger
Same subject: China
A large, sustained AI capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them.
Last stated 5 Sept 2026 · 2 days ago
Holds Noah Smith
Same subject: tariffs
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.
Last stated 14 Apr 2025 · a year ago
Holds JC John H. Cochrane
Same subject: tariffs
Rebuilding American manufacturing is a decades-long educational and cultural project, not something tariffs can do.
Last stated 25 Dec 2025 · 8 months ago
Holds MH Molson Hart
Same subject: tariffs
Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · today
Holds PK Paul Krugman