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Strategic News Service, the first paid subscription newsletter on the internet, was started 25 years ago. In honor of our 25th birthday, we're hosting a month of conversation, contest, and celebration to carry us into the next 25 years. Win a Lifetime SNS Membership Submit your favorite SNS moments from the last 25 years for a chance to win a free lifetime SNS membership. We want to hear about how SNS has helped you, your career, and/or your family, or your description of a meaningful moment or event in the past 25 years of SNS reports and meetups. Just email your entry to berit@stratnews.com no later than July 30. We'll announce the winner at our 25th Anniversary Celebration on August 6. (By entering, you give SNS permission to publish your submission for editorial or promotional purposes.) Schedule Changes We've made some changes to our calendar for this month, and we want to be sure you know about them. Please check the dates below, and your Inbox, for our most up-to-date events schedule. July 30, 2:30-4:30 PT: FiReSide virtual brain sessions with Craig Venter and Leroy Hood. $125 Keep an eye out for more details and a ticket link, which will hit your inbox THIS WEEK. August 6, 2:30-4:30 PT: Celebrating the Art & Science of Predictions, and an Anniversary Fete for SNS Members & Friends. FREE. A conversation with bestselling science-fiction author David Brin and SNS CEO Mark Anderson, followed by revelry and networking with your fellow SNS members.
Fake Gold, Luckin Coffee, and the Arrest of a China's "Stability Maintenance" When coronavirus broke out in Wuhan, across the street from the city's infectious-disease lab, the Chinese Communist Party refused to admit WHO investigators to track its origins and spread. It silenced doctors who tried to sound the alarm about the intensity and seriousness of the epidemic. Xu Zhangrun, a professor of law at Tsinghua University, decided then that he must do something few Chinese would have the audacity to do. The successful completion of this thing would almost certainly result in his imprisonment, possibly even his death. His family and friends would likely be cast out of society, their mere proximity to him scuttling their ability to travel either internationally or domestically, essentially barring them from public transportation or applying for a loan. Mr. Zhangrun was writing an essay. |
