Tanner Greer
Person on 4 sites
Essayist, journalist and independent researcher on Chinese politics, strategy and cultural history; author of the blog The Scholar's Stage.
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
Updated 2026-11-01 -
2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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22 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The AI industry has significantly underestimated the risk that political forces outside its control could slow or halt progress in artificial intelligence. (opens korrents.com)
“those leading and investing in the AI labs have underestimated-vastly underestimated-the chance that progress in machine intelligence can be slowed, damaged, or outright strangled by political forces outside the…”
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Public opposition to AI data centers is driven mainly by local concerns rather than opposition to AI itself. (opens korrents.com)
“Survey data and on-the-ground reporting suggest that opposition to supercompute hinges on local issues.”
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Public backlash against the tech industry stems from a perception that distant elites are getting rich at ordinary people's expense. (opens korrents.com)
“Americans understand that very far away, other Americans are becoming very rich. They fear that this is all happening at their expense.”
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The AI industry has significantly underestimated the risk that political forces outside its control could slow or halt progress in artificial intelligence. (opens korrents.com)
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5 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West (opens rcmnd.app)
“In form and tone it resembles a business class airport book—and this comparison is insulting to the airport paperbacks.”
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Stoner (opens rcmnd.app)
“Williams sees a soul where others see a stand-in.”
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The Early Chinese Empires: Han and Qin (opens rcmnd.app)
“Mark Edward Lewis' The Early Chinese Empires: Han and Qin is probably the best companion piece to your Sima Qian readings”
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The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West (opens rcmnd.app)