ZD 24.03: From China to Cheap Big Macs
ZD 24.03: From China to Cheap Big Macs
What is China's Trajectory? Where are the cheap Big Macs?
The Distilled Spirit
How enterprise software will feel when AI takes over in six months.
America is hitting “peak 65” in 2024.
World economies are hitting a talent crisis.
Last week’s sign that apocalypse is upon us.
Notes from the Chinese Perspective
Depending on who you read we could be at the dawn of the new Chinese hegemony or we could have a front-row seat to the collapse of the nation or at least the Chinese economy. Whatever your view, it is fair to say that China on the whole has undergone one of the most rapid and massive waves of societal change mankind has witnessed. The country is both ancient and rapidly evolving at the same time. Seeing the world from their perspective is a challenging but worthwhile exercise.
Sit in their geopolitical shoes by looking at the map from their end of the pacific.
Has the US conducted cognitive warfare on the PRC?
Are our export controls helping Huawei and hurting Nvidia?
Will the obsession with control limit Chinese potential? Is that control driving the next generation away?
Progress?
Is society advancing? Is humanity getting better. Or do all the trappings of technological advance mask stagnation? Where will this end up?
The Honest Broker asks a few heretical questions about progress.
We could just as easily be progressing into a Techno-Industrial Revolution.
Not to be alarmist, but 300 experts conclude that they are pessimistic about the decade ahead.
Pots & Pans, Pizza and Big Macs
Enough about overthinking the PRC and progress. Let’s eat!
Myles Snider shares a handy guide to different types of pans and skillets.
Joe Rosenthal likes his pizza shallow but he went on a very deep dive into making New York pizza on your own.
There is an interactive map of Big Macs.
PS: Don’t be afraid to go supersize, you are already at McDonalds after all.