Zoom; India-China Border Tensions

Re: Zhou Fengsuo, a former student leader in China, held a Zoom event commemorating the 31st anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre through a paid Zoom account associated with the U.S.-based nonprofit Humanitarian China. On June 7, Zhou’s...
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Pretending to Be Asleep

Cross-posted from Quora under the question “What can non-Chinese do to convince the Chinese that they are being oppressed?” I do not think non-Chinese people should do anything. There is a popular saying in China: you cannot wake up a...
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On Kant and Mathematics

Cross-posted from Quora under the question “Did Kant make a mistake when he said that mathematics is synthetic and a priori?” The influential German philosopher Immanuel Kant famously claimed in his Critique of Pure Reason that mathematics contains a body...
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Predicting Outcomes of New Entrants

In business consulting and competitor analysis, an important question that often arises is “what would happen if I were to open a new business here?” For one, it is a counterfactual question, and the consultant/analyst cannot directly find an answer...
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