Two years ago, we launched Bismarck Brief.
Since then, our analysts have written half a million words on the state of technology, the U.S. government, Chinese industry, and the world.
Here are the 9 most important things we learned about how the world works in 2023.
🧵THREAD: https://t.co/fJWSLRiaUf
Two years ago, we launched Bismarck Brief. Since then, our analysts have written half a million words on the state of technology, the U.S. government, Chinese industry, and the world. Here are the 9 most important things we learned about how the world works in 2023. 🧵THREAD: https://t.co/fJWSLRiaUf    
understanding and building a deep tech strategy is the single greatest competitive opportunity of this decade.
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