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America As a Technological Laggard

Today: Expanding on Peter Zeihan’s idea that a more inward-looking America is bound to lag behind.

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Nicolas Colin
Nov 17, 2020
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The Agenda 👇

  • I’m on the road, so today I’m just sharing a rough list of bullet points

  • America has often been a technological laggard, and it could become one again

  • Here are all the trends and ideas that make me think it’s happening

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