Comrades: Is Asia the future? Friend of Yuri, AI guru, and Asian travel correspondent and
shares reflections on his trip through Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai with us. In our conversation, we discuss:How The Great Firewall impacts how east and west understand each other
Cultural differences between Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, and America
How each city has changed over time, especially Hong Kong’s transition from British to Chinese governance
Technological adoption and social norms
The RedNote scandal and CCP control over Chinese tech
Whether Substack is blocked in China
How Brian won against censorship/AI tyranny in America
Global gerentocracy
What America should learn from Asia and what he misses the most about America
Brian interviewed me last month about the counter-cultural revolution:
Lee Kuan Yew forged Singapore into a wealthy modern metropolis:
Chinese Trump is hilarious:
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