Robert D. Atkinson@RobAtkinsonITIF

Founder & Senior FeIlow, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (@ITIFdc), top-ranked tech policy think tank. Proud Hamiltonian & Schumpeterian

 Washington, DC
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Joined March 2010
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We held the ladder for the PRC only to be thrown off the roof. Now we are the PRC supplicants. “Please dont cut off our rare earths”.
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We Held the Ladder for the PRC, Only to be Thrown Off the Roof

The West held the ladder for the PRC, which is now trying to kick its competitors off the summit. America must counter unfair trade and build its own ladder.

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I propose to that Musk ban all posts on X unless they are about AI
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Here’s what I want: more data centers, more robots, more autonomous systems, and way more AI and AI progress
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I forgot to add i want more cameras to reduce crime
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What could possible go wrong with this EU global AI regulatory scheme? Besides, AI weapons are good and inevitable. and other concerns cant be solved by such a body. too bad... Finland used to be pro innovation. politico.eu/article/20-count…

22 countries back call to keep AI ‘under human control’

Finnish President Alexander Stubb tells POLITICO he aims to create an international AI institution and hopes to get the U.S. and China on board.

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The stark reality is that the reality of existential techno-econ industry competition means that the US regulatory system set up from the 1960s to the 1990s no longer serves the national interest. At minimum, we need massively more regulatory flexibility, especially for industries in competition with China.
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The ITIF report laying this out is here. itif.org/publications/2026/0…

Mobilizing for Techno-Economic War, Part 7: Transforming Regulatory Policy

The U.S. regulatory state has become a major headwind for national economic power industries competing against China, and incremental reforms will not be enough for America to avoid techno-economic...

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I love it. AI triumphalists say AI will massively change society and then complain when people become fearful. What did you expect? policyarena.org/p/ai-triumph…

AI Triumphalists Complain About the Fear They Induce

If AI’s supposed “champions” don’t want people to be afraid, they should stop selling fear.

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Washington is still in denial about the China techno-economic threat, thinking that after a few measures were taken they can take the foot of the gas. Wrong. policyarena.org/p/washington…

Washington Is Still in Denial About China’s Techno-Economic Challenge

Washington is now more focused on China but remains in denial about the threat. Fourteen rationalizations explain why its techno-economic response remains limited.

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My blog for on why Canada is comfortable with long and slow decline and what canada needs to do to reverse it thecis.ca/comfortable-declin…
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Amazing but not surprising that @IMFNews publishes propaganda about the PRC written by a CCP economics hack. nam04.safelinks.protection.o…

China’s Emerging Economic Engine

The success of a technology-led model requires more balanced growth

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If the CCP is imposing exit controls on STEM talent doesnt the suggest we should be recruiting Chinese STEM workers? sinotalks.com/inbrief/chines…

Chinese and Foreign Talent at Crossroads - SINOTALKS.COM

China’s new rules regarding exit controls over Chinese talent have significant implications for foreign talent planning to settle down in the country.

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Well its not like the EU was not warned. share.google/lq1eJK17mbf68RA…

EU faces 300,000 factory job cuts as China ‘colonises’ supply chains, industry warns

Protest using 10 coffins to symbolise struggling manufacturing industry to take place in Brussels

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See AI is killing jobs. College students cheated paying Kenyans. Not they cheat using AI. See higher productivity share.google/c5UvR0HGkbhPZSL…

Kenyans Did College Students’ Homework for Years. Then A.I. Arrived.

Thousands of Kenyans made a living writing essays for overseas students. With A.I., the work has dried up, a warning for online gig work that has been a global lifeline.

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And universities wonder why so many Republicans want to cut funding for higher education. UW pays $600K to settle lawsuit with computer science professor over parody land acknowledgment geekwire.com/2026/uw-pays-60… via @GeekWire

UW pays $600K to settle lawsuit with computer science professor over parody land acknowledgment

Stuart Reges was disciplined by the University of Washington after including a parody land acknowledgment in a course syllabus. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found university...

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America has to decide three questions regarding China competition. policyarena.org/p/america-ne…

America Needs Its Own “Three Decides”

America must answer three fundamental questions in favor of national power, innovation, growth, and national greatness or risk losing ground to the PRC.

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This is bad news bea.gov/news/2026/us-interna…
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No one wants to challenge my prediction that AI will not reduce managerial jobs by 2030? Come on all you AI job doomers: there must be someone willing to put money where their mouth is. longbets.org/972/
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US university to pay US$2.1 million over claims it didn’t disclose China ties. Should have been a much higher fine sc.mp/m7gdw?utm_source=twitt… via @scmpnews
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