And the other aspect of this, though, that as policymakers we have to think about all the time is we do have to keep the technological edge in it. Well, we want to be ahead of China. We have to be ahead of China [in technology]. And if you think about it like a nuclear arms race, would you rather those be in our hands or theirs? And obviously we'd rather it be in ours. (47:18–47:20)
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Asserts the importance of maintaining a technological edge over China.
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