How two superpowers built fundamentally different futures | Dan Wang and Kmele Foster

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Become a Big Think member to unlock expert classes, premium print issues, exclusive events and more: https://bigthink.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=yt_desc “China has built essentially one New York City plus a Boston's worth of housing every single year for roughly the last 30 years.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Why 2025 is the single most pivotal year in our lifetime | Peter Leyden ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5k72A30kUc What does it mean to witness a society transform at breakneck speed? Kmele Foster and Dan Wang explore the contrasts between the U.S. and China. Through the lens of immigration, culture, and personal experience, they reveal how policies and national ambition have redefined these two global superpowers. 0:00 China’s rapid progress 7:17 China’s first-tier city wealth boom 11:02 The contrast between China and the U.S. 12:50 American elites as lawyers 17:33 Chinese innovation and competition 21:00 “Made in China” 22:37 American manufacturing challenges 24:56 Autocratic societies and innovation 28:06 One of China’s biggest challenges 31:22 U.S. Tariffs and the trade war 38:06 Law students and the federal government 43:28 The benefit of a lawyerly society 51:37 U.S. and China's futures © Freethink Media Inc., All Rights Reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go Deeper with Big Think: ►Become a Big Think Youtube Member Get exclusive classes and early, ad-free access to new releases without leaving Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/@bigthink/membership/ ►Become a Big Think Web Member Get the entire Big Think Class library, premium print issues, live events, and more. https://bigthink.com/membership/ ►Subscribe to Big Think on Substack Get all of your favorite Big Think content delivered to your inbox. https://bigthinkmedia.substack.com/subscribe/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------