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Being the leading country or actor in a technology has no downside, although it may have second- and third-order effects that are undesirable.
Rene Haas · Redefining Chip Architecture with Arm CEO Rene Haas · 3 Sept 2026
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“Yeah, I mean, on first principles,”
“whether it was smartphones,”
“the internet,”
“personal computers,”
“fill in your favorite technology,”
“there is no downside from being the leader.”
“There's just none.”
“There are second and third order effects that you may not like, but to be the laggard.”Play from 31:34Report a misattribution
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