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The Simple Mathematics of Chinese Innovation(marginalrevolution.com)
8 points by surprisetalk 11 hours ago | 3 comments
Antibabelic 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Is it a good idea to start learning Mandarin in 2025 to be able to follow these Chinese scientific innovations?

otoburb 10 hours ago | parent [-]

This reason alone is unlikely to provide sufficient motivation to keep grinding away. Language acquisition can be a slog even though it's (eventually) super rewarding.

Antibabelic 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Let's put the question differently: let's imagine we already know Chinese. How much will we be potentially be able to capitalize on that knowledge in the coming years?