its good to hear others making the same points you try to make on a daily basis. it adds creedence to what you are arguing, and it can suggest new approaches to the argument. particularly salient is chris’ answer to charlie re:privacy and the tradeoffs between monetary, reputation, attention economies, about 8:15 in.the second good point comes at the end, “chris’ only point with which charlie disagrees” around cultural differences between the united states and china enabling creativity here and production elsewhere.
when i was in grad school i did a lot of reading and thinking around industrial districts, particularly india’s attempt to recreate silicon valley in bangalore and hyderabad. a big difference being discussed then was also culture, and how it fostered a certain ethos for innovation. the thoughts then – nearly 10 years ago – were the same as chris’ now. cultural and institutional norms are tremendously difficult to change, so i think chris was right, probably because i’m from “his generation”.