What to do about TikTok
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20 Dec 202215min
Chips: 2022 in Review
Subscribe to my newsletter! https://www.chinatalk.media/ Doug O'Laughlin of Fabricated Knowledge and Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis go through our most important semis stories of 2022. We get into: Sam...
16 Dec 202246min
Nuclear Fusion: Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Today US Department of Energy Secretary Granholm announced a nuclear fusion breakthrough at Livermore Labs. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean we’re going to be getting commercially viable fusion ...
14 Dec 20221h 9min
Semis 101 with Asianometry and Fabricated Knowledge
How do you get into chips? Doug O'Laughlin of Fabricated Knowledge and Jon Y of Asianometry run us through how to they came to We also discuss Why starting with something's history can help you under...
8 Dec 202235min
EMERGENCY POD: How will the CCP respond to the protests?
Ling Li, lecturer at the University of Vienna, comes on the pod to discuss: The origins and evolution of Covid Zero Different paths the CCP could take to cracking down What the protests tell us abo...
29 Nov 202240min
EMERGENCY POD: China's Protests: What Happens Next
I talk about where I think these protests are heading and what they mean for Covid Zero and the international situation. First voice memo is from @wstv_lizzi and the second is from @lichtspektrum. The...
28 Nov 202221min
Can the US and China work together on anything?
Can the US and China play nicely enough with each other to not ruin the planet in the coming century? In particular, what prospects are there for cooperation around global challenges and biotech? For ...
15 Nov 202240min
Export controls for AI: Will they work?
Do export controls work? And will they work for AI? Meet Emily Weinstein and Tim Hwang. They're research fellows at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) and have written a p...
8 Nov 202246min
