Breakneck

I liked Dan Wang's uh, Breakneck. A lot of echoes of abundance as well. But this idea of thinking about a lawyerly society versus an engineering society was I thought a really good and succinct way to capture a lot of the macro and micro differences.

on a podcast · 9 Oct 202619d · Report

I finally got around to reading Dan Wang's Breakneck. It is a thoughtful and very readable book that taught me a lot about the Chinese economy and political system. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the topic.

on gregmankiw.blogspot.com · 24 May 20265mo · Report

Wang argues that the US & China each have a dominant form of government problem-solving

on tomtunguz.com · 29 Dec 202510mo · Report

Breakneck by Dan Wang takes you on a fascinating journey through China's engineering state, juxtaposing it against America's lawyerly society in an effort to reveal what each country should learn from the other. I've been a keen reader of Dan's personal blog for many years and am delighted to report that this book, his first, features everything I love most about his writing: his unbounded curiosity, thoughtful analysis, compelling storytelling, self-awareness, offbeat sense of humor, and insights born of lived experience.

on eliotpeper.substack.com · 28 Dec 202510mo · Report

Breakneck by Dan Wang Wong does an excellent job at objectively looking at the pros and cons of the Chinese and American societies. The engineering state versus lawyerly society as a way to explain each nation is brilliant.

on awealthofcommonsense.com · 21 Dec 202510mo · Report