Anita Anand

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5,917 appearances 33 recordings 3 series first heard May 2026 last heard 3d ago

Anita Anand’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Empire: World History · 382. Empire of AI: Karen Hao On Today’s Hidden Colonialism (Ep 2) · 29 Jul 2026 podcast

And this is where geopolitics I find really interesting because 90% of the world's most advanced chips voice-verified

are manufactured in Taiwan. voice-verified

Now, Taiwan itself is in the crosshairs because China says it belongs to them. voice-verified

America says, hands off, it does not belong to you. voice-verified

It is a flashpoint. voice-verified

Every time there is a movement in the South China Seas, everybody holds their breaths because could this be the thing that triggers us or tips us into a world international conflict? voice-verified

So, I mean, just how is it that, first of all, 90% of the world's most advanced chips are made in this one island? voice-verified

I mean, how did we come to this? voice-verified

I have an answer for you. voice-verified

Just I've just looked it up. voice-verified

A human hair is approximately 80,000 to 100,000 nanometers. voice-verified

Yes, you should know. voice-verified

But, you know, this idea of sort of all being concentrated in one place has all of the technology that these huge state actors are interested in. voice-verified

Again, it just makes me think of, we very recently did a series on nutmeg. voice-verified

And, you know, the kind of, you know, it was in one place that you could get nutmeg. voice-verified

And so you have these huge, the Dutch are after it, the British are after it. voice-verified

It feels like these things echo so distinctly. voice-verified

Just as we come to the end of this, there are going to be people who are saying, you know what, you lot are so miserable and you don't see that this is the next stage in evolution. voice-verified

You're a bunch of luddites. voice-verified

You're being really stupid about this. voice-verified

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