• Tattorack@lemmy.world
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      26 days ago

      I think in many people’s heads China is this cheap backwater third world country.

      While there are problems over there such as tofu dregs, their production is very modern. But the Western world sees China through their tofu dregs.

      • 鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works
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        25 days ago

        I’m from mainland China and I think most westerners believes two of the extremes:

        1. That China is very very poor, similar to North Korea. They probably think as if its still Qing Dynasty or something.

        Nope its nowhere near that bad.

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        1. China is so ahead of everyone, so futuristic and completely crime free.

        Nope, also not true.

        The truth is somewhere in between.

  • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    Remember when unions and everyone were fighting against automation. What are you shocked at here?

    The North American right and left both have become extreme Luddites over the past decade. What result did we expect? Lots of people said decades ago that we’d be left in the dust.

    AI is the next field that we’re doing the same thing on. The general population keeps getting influenced to hobble itself on new innovations and then we’re shocked we’re getting surpassed as these innovations continue to develop in other countries?