On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 9:48 AM smitra <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > *> It may well happen this year: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98kMSEkPiLo&t=2588s > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98kMSEkPiLo&t=2588s> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzSZusNq67M&t=1042s > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzSZusNq67M&t=1042s> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JuCx5FCVyQ > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JuCx5FCVyQ>* Interesting. But on the bright side there's the fact that the Chinese army is not battle hardened, they haven't fought a war in 70 years but during that time the US has fought almost continuously in one place or another. And then there's this: * China’s Military Scandal: Why a Taiwan Invasion Might Have Just Become Impossible <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oupSYGUL0dE>* John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> crf > > > > On 25-01-2024 21:50, John Clark wrote: > > What is the most important company in the world? I think it's the > > Taiwan chipmaker TSMC because it manufactures 90% of the world's most > > advanced microchips and if they were to cease operations, or even if > > two or three of their largest factories were destroyed, there would be > > a worldwide depression. Warren Buffett has said " _TSMC is one of the > > best-managed companies and important companies in the world, there's > > no one in the chip industry that's in TSMC's league"_. Nevertheless, > > Buffett recently sold all his shares in TSMC because "_I don't like > > their location_". > > > > Some say the reason China wants Taijuan so badly is so they can get > > their hands on TSMC, but others say that would be foolish because if > > they use military force the factories would likely be destroyed, > > either in the fighting or by the Taiwanese themselves to avoid them > > falling into Chinese hands. And even if they remained intact there > > would be such a huge brain drain nobody would be around to operate > > them. And even if they could find the people the Chinese would be cut > > off from foreign semiconductor equipment suppliers that they need, > > like Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, and above all ASML. Not to > > mention the fact that the Taiwanese don't design chips, they just > > manufacture them. So invading Taiwan would harm the Chinese economy > > just as much as it would harm the rest of the world, however history > > has shown that just because something is stupid does not mean a > > country won't do it, look at Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Incidentally > > an invasion of Taiwan by the Chinese would be one of the few things > > that would delay, but not prevent, the Singularity. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv0m49dZqhKw-79p0f0a7ryzui5DEf8xR1_p5dBHShNjHA%40mail.gmail.com.
