China has 55% of the high-IQ working-age people
2 days ago
- #Demographics
- #Geopolitics
- #China
- China has 55% of the world's high-IQ working-age people.
- China's real estate bubble includes overbuilding but also significant high-quality urban development.
- Chinese academic output includes uninteresting work but is competitive in AI, manufacturing, materials science, and aerospace.
- China faces demographic collapse but has a deep bench of capable people and a different political system for retirees.
- Western societies are losing due to incoherence and lack of freedom to build, focusing too much on virtual projects.
- To win against China, the West must overcome internal cultural and spiritual conflicts, including NIMBYism and degrowth ideologies.
- Western journalism often misrepresents China's economic issues, focusing on isolated scandals rather than broader achievements.