1/ Really enjoyed reading Ray Dalio's recent book, The Changing World Order
amazon.com/Changing-World…
amazon.com/Changing-World…
2/ He looks at the decline of a number of empires historically, tracking each country across key metrics (education, innovation, military, etc).
3/ He then looks at America and makes a clear eyed case that it is in decline since ~1970 while China is on the rise. Of course none of this is inevitable. The course of either country can be changed if we have the will.
4/ The book does a great job highlighting the differences between the two superpowers in a way that I think is not often discussed. Hopefully this greats more empathy and moves beyond simple narratives.
5/ Lastly, I think the book misses an important transition to Bitcoin as a new reserve currency which is a very real possibility. The coming competition may be between the centralized East vs the decentralized West (powered by Bitcoin), to borrow a phrase from @balajis.
6/ This graph sums up a lot. It is filled with great graphs. 
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