In the early days sino in the early 20 tens, we all had high hopes that the internet was going to be this liberalizing force. What happened is that autocratic governments in bajing and in russia and iron saw that and started a scram ing for their lives to control the inernet. And now it's developed into what i call "the eye of soron" - an information platform that sees all things and all places at all times.
Jason does a short news segment on China’s Bitcoin Mining hash rate falling to 0 and how the U.S. is now the largest mining hub (1:59). Then, Jacob Helberg author of "The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power," joins to discuss China's long-term goals (9:03), the United States' lack of preparedness, the struggle for control of front-end and backend technologies (32:22), plus much more.