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Do you feel like this... So I think probably some of the biggest motivation for this is the sense that the middle class is disappearing in the United States. Yes. And that is because middle class jobs are disappearing. And many of those jobs have been outshored. And I think there's been what I would call a fantasy... that we as Americans are smarter than everybody else.
Do you feel like this... So I think probably some of the biggest motivation for this is the sense that the middle class is disappearing in the United States. Yes. And that is because middle class jobs are disappearing. And many of those jobs have been outshored. And I think there's been what I would call a fantasy... that we as Americans are smarter than everybody else.
Do you feel like this... So I think probably some of the biggest motivation for this is the sense that the middle class is disappearing in the United States. Yes. And that is because middle class jobs are disappearing. And many of those jobs have been outshored. And I think there's been what I would call a fantasy... that we as Americans are smarter than everybody else.
And we are the ones who should be managing products and being creative like Apple does. And then the Chinese and the Indian, those people should make the phones, not us, right? But we'll keep designing the phones. And I think there's so much evidence that we are not going to be the dominant player in this forever. China is making... arguably better electric cars than us right now.
And we are the ones who should be managing products and being creative like Apple does. And then the Chinese and the Indian, those people should make the phones, not us, right? But we'll keep designing the phones. And I think there's so much evidence that we are not going to be the dominant player in this forever. China is making... arguably better electric cars than us right now.
And we are the ones who should be managing products and being creative like Apple does. And then the Chinese and the Indian, those people should make the phones, not us, right? But we'll keep designing the phones. And I think there's so much evidence that we are not going to be the dominant player in this forever. China is making... arguably better electric cars than us right now.
Asia has better public transit right now. China is testing out flying taxis right now. And that is also happening in the US actually, and it's very exciting, but at a much slower pace that's more expensive and is going through more regulations and all this stuff. So they're going to beat us on that most likely. And my concern is we've potentially lost the middle class because so many different
Asia has better public transit right now. China is testing out flying taxis right now. And that is also happening in the US actually, and it's very exciting, but at a much slower pace that's more expensive and is going through more regulations and all this stuff. So they're going to beat us on that most likely. And my concern is we've potentially lost the middle class because so many different
Asia has better public transit right now. China is testing out flying taxis right now. And that is also happening in the US actually, and it's very exciting, but at a much slower pace that's more expensive and is going through more regulations and all this stuff. So they're going to beat us on that most likely. And my concern is we've potentially lost the middle class because so many different
industries in the US have been lost to other parts of the country. And that idea of like, well, that works, we specialize in one thing. I don't know how much we specialize, like can our specializations in the US Thank you.
industries in the US have been lost to other parts of the country. And that idea of like, well, that works, we specialize in one thing. I don't know how much we specialize, like can our specializations in the US Thank you.
industries in the US have been lost to other parts of the country. And that idea of like, well, that works, we specialize in one thing. I don't know how much we specialize, like can our specializations in the US Thank you.
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I'm really curious of just your reaction. Because in theory, anyway, so maybe we get updates on China, on how many things you're exploring in the US and maybe how that plays out. That'd be cool. Okay, so what I want to talk about is a subject that was really elaborated on in a book called Abundance. This came out, what, two weeks ago, maybe something like that? Yeah, it's pretty recent.
I'm really curious of just your reaction. Because in theory, anyway, so maybe we get updates on China, on how many things you're exploring in the US and maybe how that plays out. That'd be cool. Okay, so what I want to talk about is a subject that was really elaborated on in a book called Abundance. This came out, what, two weeks ago, maybe something like that? Yeah, it's pretty recent.