AI’s Uneven Arrival, TikTok’s Potential Departure, Xiaohongshu and the Delights of Cultural Exchange

Looking to digital advertising history for clues about AI’s impact on the economy, proposed frameworks for AGI and ASI, and why AI benefits are likely to be unevenly distributed in the near term. Then: The logic and continued uncertainty surrounding a TikTok ban in the United States, the delights of Xiaohongshu mania, and a word about TikTok and conflicting principles.

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TikTok Ban Approaches, Generational Implications, Xiaohongshu — Stratechery Update (stratechery.com/2025/tiktok-ban-approaches-gen…)

The TikTok War — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2020/the-tiktok-war)

'TikTok refugees': Great divide between the public and the government — CGTN (news.cgtn.com/news/2025-01-14/-TikTok-refugees…)

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