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Would you like to understand China better? You will struggle to find a better place to start than the work of Yasheng Huang. @yashenghuang.bsky.social I have finally finished my summary of our long conversations. Check it out! Summary in thread. 1/15 >> onhumans.substack.com/p/read-this-...

Thank you @OnHumansPod for writing up our three-hour interview. The writeup also draws from my book and a talk I gave at TED. My TED talk pointed out that the true advantage China has over India is its human capital, not the infrastructure that China has become famous for.

I am always skeptical of this idea that democracy is rooted in universal values, a view not supported by the recent presidential elections in this country. In my 2023 book I cited the 2020 election that so many Americans voted for a transparent autocrat. This is even more true of the 2024 election.

Announcing the arrival of the paperback edition of my book. When I wrote this book, I wanted to reach an audience beyond academia (but without compromising the usual academic standard). I think I succeeded, at least to some extent, as evidenced by the commentaries on the back cover of the book.

In this podcast, I shared with my interviewer how I became interested in these big issues such as why China became the way it was growing up in China. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByGn...

The progressives should celebrate what is in their label: a culture of progress, rather than a culture of identity. Tolerance and diversity are associated with progress but tolerance and diversity can be a result of progress. Or they contribute to progress organically, not through a forced process.

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The Democrats need to do some hard thinking about what they should do next. In this piece, I propose that they should let the GOP score some wins--up to a point and in some areas--as a way to discredit its ideology. www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/let-...