Comments on: Why am I in China? http://rejon.org/2008/04/20/why-am-i-in-china/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:54:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Andy http://rejon.org/2008/04/20/why-am-i-in-china/#comment-90543 Andy Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:03:06 +0000 http://rejon.org/?p=757#comment-90543 Joi Ito's GDP chart didn't factor in one thing >> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator)" rel="nofollow">Skynet</a>. Joi Ito’s GDP chart didn’t factor in one thing >> Skynet.

]]> By: jon http://rejon.org/2008/04/20/why-am-i-in-china/#comment-90539 jon Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:28:25 +0000 http://rejon.org/?p=757#comment-90539 This is a totally excellent point! Regardless, massive capital is flowing into China and its an interesting place to incubate and grow new ideas. However, there are extreme events which could happen to derail these activities: human rights, governmental chaos, social chaos, massive natural disaster, lack of faith in the people by the government, etc. Still, great snap for posting this and bringing back to reality, as so many often cling to charts showing the slow build-up of next global super-powers. This is a totally excellent point! Regardless, massive capital is flowing into China and its an interesting place to incubate and grow new ideas. However, there are extreme events which could happen to derail these activities: human rights, governmental chaos, social chaos, massive natural disaster, lack of faith in the people by the government, etc.

Still, great snap for posting this and bringing back to reality, as so many often cling to charts showing the slow build-up of next global super-powers.

]]> By: Ryan Shaw http://rejon.org/2008/04/20/why-am-i-in-china/#comment-90533 Ryan Shaw Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:00:59 +0000 http://rejon.org/?p=757#comment-90533 Ito's chart is a textbook <a href="http://www.propagandacritic.com/articles/lf.extrapolation.html" rel="nofollow">logical fallacy</a>. Ito’s chart is a textbook logical fallacy.

]]> By: Allen Chen http://rejon.org/2008/04/20/why-am-i-in-china/#comment-90508 Allen Chen Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:44:05 +0000 http://rejon.org/?p=757#comment-90508 Great Post! Great Post!

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