This is inspired by sources like the amazing Stratfor Monographic worldview.stratfor.com/article/geopol… Or Prisoners of Geography amazon.com/dp/B00V3L8ZHK/

And ON TOP OF THAT the East Coast, from Mexico to Boston, has intracoastal waterways, which make trade easier to protect, hence is cheaper pic.twitter.com/jU2Zx6SNRl

But as one superpower wanes, another appears: the US The US has a huge asset: the Mississippi Basin. Super fertile, great cheap transport... The best piece of land on the Earth pic.twitter.com/hrjEHH442p

I stay away from opinions on most big issues because they are too complicated to understand...but this one seems so obviously clear to me. Make US the easiest and best choice for top talent globally. Is there a good counter argument? twitter.com/zhayitong/stat…

Has anyone done a game theoretic analysis of how China can gain geo-political influence with its majority control of bitcoin mining? I can think of a few scenarios (below), but would love to know more.