from Hacker News

Why the US needs a ‘quantum Oppenheimer’ to beat China in the quantum race

by doetoe on 5/8/23, 11:46 PM with 5 comments

• by doetoe on 5/9/23, 11:07 AM

  I don't want to take sides, I just found it very interesting to see why the author thinks China has an edge that will only get bigger unless US changes its approach.

  In a way it proposes a whole different (though not new) approach to large-scale scientific/technological innovation.

• by jfengel on 5/9/23, 3:21 PM

  Is it actually a race?

  What if we didn't win? Is there anything wrong with coming in second? Or is there reason to think it's winner-take-all?