The world isn't black and white. The vast majority of people in China are unimaginably better off than they were 20 years ago, especially 30, 40 years ago. It's cheating to say it's a bad thing without thinking seriously about how you actually rectify that and make it better. All those sweat shops we were complaining about 15, 20 years ago have all gone.
Ben and James discuss Xiaomi’s ambition to own the home, why we’re frustrated with patents, why the West is unfair to the developing world, and what makes China unique.
Links
- Jordan Lewis: Exponent Bingo – Twitter
- Ben Thompson: Xiaomi’s Ambition – Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Handicapping the Internet of Things – Stratechery
- When Charles Dickens fell out with America – BBC
- To Live (The film about the Cultural Revolution) – Wikipedia
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