
L. Rafael Reif
American electrical engineer and former president of the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyWikipedia
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Sep 24, 2026
Mehran Gul, "The New Geography of Innovation: The Global Contest for Breakthrough Technologies" (Simon and Schuster, 2026)
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34:10Mehran GulGUEST
There's still a lot of debate and discussion about whether the US is declining, whether China is eclipsing it in important technologies.
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34:19Mehran GulGUEST
Just earlier this year, Rafael Reif, who was the longtime president of MIT, is still the president emeritus at MIT, wrote a fairly lengthy piece in Foreign Affairs called How America is Losing the Innovation Race and How the Future Might Belong to China.
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34:36Mehran GulGUEST
And so I still think declinism is a headline theme in American public affairs.
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34:42Mehran GulGUEST
You see it in the statements of so many lawmakers, for instance.
Mehran Gul, "The New Geography of Innovation: The Global Contest for Breakthrough Technologies" (Simon and Schuster, 2026)
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31:47Mehran GulGUEST
There's still a lot of debate and discussion about whether the U.S. is declining, whether China is eclipsing it in important technologies.
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31:55Mehran GulGUEST
Just earlier this year, Rafael Reif, who was the longtime president of MIT, is still the president emeritus at MIT, wrote a fairly lengthy piece in Foreign Affairs called How America is Losing the Innovation Race and How the Future Might Belong to China.
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32:12Mehran GulGUEST
And so I still think declinism is... a headline theme in American public affairs.
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32:18Mehran GulGUEST
You know, you see it in the statements of so many lawmakers, for instance.
Mehran Gul, "The New Geography of Innovation: The Global Contest for Breakthrough Technologies" (Simon and Schuster, 2026)
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32:52Mehran GulGUEST
There's still a lot of debate and discussion about whether the US is declining, whether China is eclipsing it in important technologies.
M
33:01Mehran GulGUEST
Just earlier this year, Rafael Reif, who was the longtime president of MIT, is still the president emeritus at MIT, wrote a fairly lengthy piece in Foreign Affairs called How America is Losing the Innovation Race and How the Future Might Belong to China.
M
33:18Mehran GulGUEST
And so I still think declinism is a headline theme in American public affairs.
M
33:24Mehran GulGUEST
You see it in the statements of so many lawmakers, for instance.
Mehran Gul, "The New Geography of Innovation: The Global Contest for Breakthrough Technologies" (Simon and Schuster, 2026)
M
32:20Mehran GulGUEST
There's still a lot of debate and discussion about whether the U.S. is declining, whether China is eclipsing it in important technologies.
M
32:28Mehran GulGUEST
Just earlier this year, Rafael Reif, who was the longtime president of MIT, is still the president emeritus at MIT, wrote a fairly lengthy piece in Foreign Affairs called How America is Losing the Innovation Race and How the Future Might Belong to China.
M
32:45Mehran GulGUEST
And so I still think declinism is... a headline theme in American public affairs.
M
32:51Mehran GulGUEST
You know, you see it in the statements of so many lawmakers, for instance.