Bryan

“Apple, which sells twice as many iPhones in China as it does in the US, earns more than $100 million in China every day.”
― Keyu Jin, The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism

“historians believe that the telescope ranks as perhaps the most seditious instrument ever introduced in the history of science because it challenged the powers that be and forever altered our relationship with the world around us.”
― Michio Kaku, Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything

“Fermi’s Paradox, named after the Italian American physicist Enrico Fermi, who in a discussion of alien life in the universe said, “But where is everyone?” Mathematically it seemed logical there were other civilizations, but the lack of any evidence raised the uncomfortable possibility that the Earth’s human species might be the only example of consciousness. “We’ve got this delicate candle of consciousness flickering here, and it may be the only instance of consciousness, so it’s essential we preserve it,” Musk says. “If we are able to go to other planets, the probable lifespan of human consciousness is going to be far greater than if we are stuck on one planet that could get hit by an asteroid or destroy its civilization.”
― Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk

“There is something going on in America that is different . . . and particularly toxic for the working class,” which they ascribe to oppressive monopolies and American institutions that have consistently weakened unions and empowered employers, allowing them to profit at the expense of ordinary workers.”
― Keyu Jin, The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism