Derek Thompson

What happens if China develops an incredibly sophisticated technological tool for breaking encryption and threatening the internet systems that you described? I certainly hope that the first expression of, example of the technology is not to bring down something that is national. That's very hard.

What happens if China develops an incredibly sophisticated technological tool for breaking encryption and threatening the internet systems that you described? I certainly hope that the first expression of, example of the technology is not to bring down something that is national. That's very hard.

What happens if China develops an incredibly sophisticated technological tool for breaking encryption and threatening the internet systems that you described? I certainly hope that the first expression of, example of the technology is not to bring down something that is national. That's very hard.

There's so many different systems and so many redundancies to sort of hack the entire American internet. But what's scary and maybe more plausible to me, because I think this is such an important thing to talk about, is folks say in China, spending a lot of time thinking about what internet systems are most vulnerable.

There's so many different systems and so many redundancies to sort of hack the entire American internet. But what's scary and maybe more plausible to me, because I think this is such an important thing to talk about, is folks say in China, spending a lot of time thinking about what internet systems are most vulnerable.

There's so many different systems and so many redundancies to sort of hack the entire American internet. But what's scary and maybe more plausible to me, because I think this is such an important thing to talk about, is folks say in China, spending a lot of time thinking about what internet systems are most vulnerable.

If we want to prove the threat of our technology, what we should do is not try to eat the entire elephant. Find the weakest part of the elephant and take it down to prove to the American government that we have the goods that could potentially take down everything.

If we want to prove the threat of our technology, what we should do is not try to eat the entire elephant. Find the weakest part of the elephant and take it down to prove to the American government that we have the goods that could potentially take down everything.

If we want to prove the threat of our technology, what we should do is not try to eat the entire elephant. Find the weakest part of the elephant and take it down to prove to the American government that we have the goods that could potentially take down everything.

So let's say, for example, that they discover that, you know, whatever, like some internet system in Portland on the West Coast, something in Seattle, they find a weakness in so that they take down like an energy grid in like, you know, suburban Seattle or something. That's a situation where they're essentially sending a warning signal and they're saying,

So let's say, for example, that they discover that, you know, whatever, like some internet system in Portland on the West Coast, something in Seattle, they find a weakness in so that they take down like an energy grid in like, you know, suburban Seattle or something. That's a situation where they're essentially sending a warning signal and they're saying,

So let's say, for example, that they discover that, you know, whatever, like some internet system in Portland on the West Coast, something in Seattle, they find a weakness in so that they take down like an energy grid in like, you know, suburban Seattle or something. That's a situation where they're essentially sending a warning signal and they're saying,

Don't make us upset or we'll do that but worse. Right. Or we'll take down the West Coast. And that's a world where we're really in trouble because we have interests, for example, in China not invading Taiwan. We have humanitarian interests in Taiwan not falling under the power of the CCP.

Don't make us upset or we'll do that but worse. Right. Or we'll take down the West Coast. And that's a world where we're really in trouble because we have interests, for example, in China not invading Taiwan. We have humanitarian interests in Taiwan not falling under the power of the CCP.

Don't make us upset or we'll do that but worse. Right. Or we'll take down the West Coast. And that's a world where we're really in trouble because we have interests, for example, in China not invading Taiwan. We have humanitarian interests in Taiwan not falling under the power of the CCP.

But also some of, most of, the vast majority of the most valuable semiconductors manufactured in the world are manufactured in Taiwan. So if there's a blockade of Taiwan, we would have, a real crisis in terms of not just electronics manufacturing around the world, but also AI itself. So what if China

But also some of, most of, the vast majority of the most valuable semiconductors manufactured in the world are manufactured in Taiwan. So if there's a blockade of Taiwan, we would have, a real crisis in terms of not just electronics manufacturing around the world, but also AI itself. So what if China

But also some of, most of, the vast majority of the most valuable semiconductors manufactured in the world are manufactured in Taiwan. So if there's a blockade of Taiwan, we would have, a real crisis in terms of not just electronics manufacturing around the world, but also AI itself. So what if China

wanted to make sure, wanted to make sure that America wasn't going to intervene in some kind of attack. And they said, we're going to threaten the American government and say, if you intervene, we're going to bring down a system. And Donald Trump says, I'm blustering. I don't believe you. That's not going to happen. And they say, okay, watch this.

wanted to make sure, wanted to make sure that America wasn't going to intervene in some kind of attack. And they said, we're going to threaten the American government and say, if you intervene, we're going to bring down a system. And Donald Trump says, I'm blustering. I don't believe you. That's not going to happen. And they say, okay, watch this.