FiRE (Future in Review) Day 3: China, the flu, Elon Musk, and Calit2

Wow.  I heard there are 87 speakers.  With half a day left to go, I think we are through at least 60 of them.  I couldn’t give back what they gave to me without writing for hours. So once more, here are a few highlights:

Basically, on the topic of global economics, the most time went to China.  Every speaker who addressed China directly or indirectly seemed to believe China is healthy and capable.  They are not expected to take over our economy soon, or to pass us immediately, but there seemed to