There's an old saying, "Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum" - "Therefore who desires peace, prepares for war."

very irresponsible. There is no way to prepare for such a war. It doesn't matter how wonderful our ship-building ports are--if we had a war with China, life would not be worth living anywhere in the world for tens of thousands of years.

How about instead of saber rattling, we all start making boatloads of money together like we've done for the past 25 years? Only on an even larger, AI-turbocharged scale.

It's up to Xi: he can choose not to invade Taiwan, or commit other acts of war like a blockade. I don't have his phone number, or I'd encourage him not to start a war.

No one is talking about it like it's a sport. If anything you need to expand your vocabulary so that you do not suffer these ossifying 1-to-1 associations that limit your understanding in such a way. As you eagerly complain, it could be fatal.

> Always two there are, no more, no less. — Y