This is why I'm seriously considering learning Chinese. Next 50 years won't be US lead.

When senior government officials are spending time & public mindshare/attention on whether a particular font is or is not diverse then you know it is game over.

The details don't matter...this being a topic at all is the news

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CodingJeebus 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Read up on the state of the Chinese economy, it’s not a given they’ll be in the drivers seat long term either.

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Havoc 2 days ago | parent [-]

I know they're leveraged to the hilt, their demographics are shaky AF etc.

...but end of the day productive capacity is what matters. I don't see anyone close on that mix of pace, tech, low cost, ability to execute and scale.

A strong argument could be made on any of those metrics that someone could beat them fair and square, but the whole blend...there is nobody even competing in same league and that lead looks like it'll last rest of my lifetime

	▲	A_D_E_P_T 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		> their demographics are shaky AF Every major country's demographics are shaky. Japan and S.Korea are already shrinking. The US is propped up by, uh, low-quality immigration, and fertility has nevertheless dropped to record lows. The large countries of Europe are either basket-cases, tinderboxes, or both. Germany and Italy haven't had above-replacement TFR since 1970! China's not doing great, but having a population reservoir of 1.4B can make up for a lot of deficiencies. If everybody shrinks or becomes utterly dysfunctional, I'd bet that a vast, productive, essentially monoethnic nation weathers the storm better than the rest.

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SpaceManNabs 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

pushing for more literacy at scale is usually a good thing.

this approach is garbage, but i find your second line a bit odd.

it is also funny you bring up china because china changed their entire character system for diversity reasons (less educated people couldn't read).

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Untit1ed 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

You certainly won't have to worry about them changing fonts as easily...