Dan Wang

“On AI, China is behind the US, but not by years. There's no question that American reasoning models are more sophisticated than the likes of DeepSeek and Qwen. But the Chinese efforts are doggedly in pursuit, sometimes…”

2026-01-01

“I believe that Chinese technological success is now the rule rather than the exception.”

2026-01-01

“Startups don't need dissent; they want workers who can grind until the network effects kick in. VCs don't like dissent, showing again and again that many have thin skins. That contributes to a culture I think of as…”

2026-01-01

“I last picked up Stendhal’s The Red and the Black a decade ago. I wasn’t certain that the novel, which I keep calling my favorite, would hold up on re-reading.”

2026-01-01, book, by Stendhal, loved

“Marlen Haushofer’s The Wall is short and engrossing. It was deemed a “Cold War” novel by the German press when it was published in 1963.”

2026-01-01, book, by Marlen Haushofer, liked

“Nick Lloyd’s The Eastern Front covers the clashes between Imperial Germany and the Russian Empire as well as the Austro-Hungarians against the Italians and the Serbs. Whereas the western front was essentially static…”

2026-01-01, book, by Nick Lloyd, liked