I think that also shows it’s not limited to Taiwan. If Taiwan by itself goes even more frontier, and the rest of the world kind of backslides, then we’re in a very dangerous place. Because then democratic innovation and renewal would be seen as something odd, and antisocial extremism would be seen as the norm. Then everybody would just be scrambling to defend against civilizational collapse. Which is partly why, instead of focusing only on Taiwan, I’m now focusing on, as you know, Tokyo, California, Finland, and other places.

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