Jawaka comments on New Year's Predictions Thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jawaka 05 January 2010 02:03:32PM 2 points [-]

China also springs to mind. I have listened to documentary about the Chinese empire and distinctly remember how advanced yet stagnant it seemed. At the time my explanation was authoritarianism.