Which side would you pick?
Argues countries should align with open AI ecosystems rather than US proprietary stacks, framing the US demand to pick sides as hegemonic coercion and open source as protection against vendor lock-in.
Tag: geopolitics
Europeans Are in More Danger Than They Realize
Argues that Russian hybrid attacks pose less danger to Europeans than their own governments, which use the fear to justify permanent emergency powers and surveillance, as happened in the post-9/11 United States.
ASML: Suffocating the World
Argues ASML’s monopoly on EUV chipmaking machines and export controls choke global progress, and calls for essential semiconductor technology to be opened so all countries can build their own.
You are halfway China already
Western governments increasingly adopt Chinese-style surveillance and control, which the author argues validates the CCP’s model and erodes universal human rights, making the free world authoritarian in practice rather than in name.
Should China exist?
Contends China remains valuable as an alternative to a Western monopoly, offering payment rails, manufacturing, and infrastructure without conditions, and that attacking it harms global prosperity more than its authoritarianism does.