Realpolitik in Tech by Maggie Xiao

due diligence on innovation amidst geopolitical chaos

Is hydrogen car at the dawn like the EV in 2008?

In 2019, Musk dubbed hydrogen "dumbest thing," yet some see it nearing a "hydrogen economy," akin to 2015's lithium era.

Is hydrogen car at the dawn like the EV in 2008?
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What is China's GDP?

What is China's GDP?

To answer this question, Michael Pettis, professor of finance at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management argues GDP, the statistics supposedly able to measure both on growth and ability to service debt, never perfectly achieved so (building a bridge to nowhere counts the same as building a much-needed bridge)

Gene and Meme, a Revisit in the AI Era

Gene and Meme, a Revisit in the AI Era

In today’s AI era, I revisited the once-hyped concept Gene and Meme, the idea that we are vehicles driven by these two replicators, who care less about the vehicle’s (ours) own well-being (meaning) but thrive for mere replication. A book called “The Robot’s Rebellion: Finding Meaning in

The New Gilded Age: Curse of Bigness

The New Gilded Age: Curse of Bigness

Tim Wu’s new book, The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age, has stirred up heated debates on corporate’s bigness in today’s digital economy. Here are two different point of views based on his recent op-ed on the New York Times in this subject. Nicole

Harnessing Energy from Ocean Wave? Let’s Look Further

Harnessing Energy from Ocean Wave? Let’s Look Further

[Update] This interview was conducted in August in 2018. On Nov. 1, 2018, we learned Tesla delivered first Powerpack project at tidal power station, which echos the theory in this interview. We will further investigate this topic with follow-on interviews. Earlier this year in June, Wales shelved a plan to

Autonomous Driving: Lidar, Vision or Fusion?

Autonomous Driving: Lidar, Vision or Fusion?

When it comes to the sensor technology for autonomous driving, there always seems two schools of thoughts: beliefs in Lidar/Radar OR beliefs in Vision. I asked two startup founders in autonomous-driving  to get their point of views: * Amit Steinberg, CTO and co-founder of Innoviz, a leading provider of LiDAR

On Uber's Fatal Self-driving Accident, Two Technologists' Diverse Views

On Uber's Fatal Self-driving Accident, Two Technologists' Diverse Views

On recent Uber’s driverless car kill, I asked two experts for comments: – Vivek Wadhwa: Author of Driver in the Driverless Car, a distinguished fellow at Carnegie Mellon University Engineering at Silicon Valley (Menlo Park, CA) – Dr. Qufei Wang: Founder of EVSoft, building sharable driverless car (Guangzhou, China) Both Vivek

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