PERSON DIRECTORY
Jordan Schneider
Jordan Schneider appears in 2 indexed conversations across Hard Fork, The Cognitive Revolution. This directory brings every appearance, source, TL;DR, digest, and transcript into one searchable feed.
Is a US-China Thucydides Trap Unavoidable? With David C. Kang from the ChinaTalk Podcast
Jordan SchneiderIlari MichaelaDavid C. Kang
David C.Kang argues that East Asian transitions usually followed internal decay or rebellion rather than wars between rising and declining powers, challenging the assumption that a US-China Thucydides trap is the baseline.Shared Chinese-derived institutions made hierarchy legible and helped sustain regional stability, while Taiwan remains the decisive stress test as imperial ambiguity collides with Westphalian statehood and uncertain US willingness to intervene against a nuclear power.
DeepSeek DeepDive + Hands-On With Operator + Hot Mess Express!
Kevin RooseCasey NewtonJordan Schneider
DeepSeek narrowed the perceived US-China model gap through organizational freedom and efficient engineering, but its 1.9 million iOS downloads, bans, and Microsoft-OpenAI distillation investigation also exposed security and data-use risks.Export controls still matter because China needs compute, while Operator frames OpenAI’s $200 price as digital labor; its 90% domain project contrasted with costly unreliability, privacy exposure, and unresolved agent-safety risks.