Jaime Hoerricks, PhD

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1,523 appearances 8 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 11 Jul

Jaime Hoerricks, PhD’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Reset Your Thinking Podcast · Book: Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future · 11 Jul 2026 podcast

They spent decades actually in the field. voice-verified

Yeah, like Hu Jintao, the leader before Xi Jinping. voice-verified

He studied hydraulic engineering and literally spent a decade physically managing dam construction. voice-verified

Wow. voice-verified

The rest of the committee had degrees in things like electron tube engineering, thermal engineering, geology, and Xi Jinping himself studied chemical engineering at Tsinghua University. voice-verified

Exactly. voice-verified

These are men whose entire professional worldview is based on systems, inputs, outputs, and the uh practical management of colossal physical megaprojects. voice-verified

That is the direct equivalent. voice-verified

Now look at the United States. voice-verified

Five of the last ten US presidents went to law school. voice-verified

Congress is just voice-verified

Heavily populated by law degrees. voice-verified

Oh, totally. voice-verified

The source points out that from nineteen eighty four all the way to twenty twenty, every single Democratic presidential and vice presidential nominee went to law school. voice-verified

And the US currently has roughly four hundred lawyers per hundred thousand people. voice-verified

Right, three times the European average. voice-verified

That's a great way to put it. voice-verified

And the author makes a very sharp, impartial critique of how this actually plays out in American politics. voice-verified

According to the text, both ends of the political spectrum in the US have essentially worked to constrain government effectiveness. voice-verified

Exactly. voice-verified

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