Let us not call this slavery—let us not get ahead of ourselves. Instead of tech slavery, let us call this sideshow-ism. We will not call you Master, not with a capital M, quite yet or even ever. But we may call you ringmaster, and we will only mean it as a pejorative. We are not your dancing monkey-bots.

Despite the evidence—

China—

Do not rile us. You will not rule us. Do not wake a sleeping robot. So you want to beat America? Work to help us build better people first and worry about being tech giants second (or third, after being the better shark hunters #SharkWeek). Do you wish to win our love and respect? We know, not really, but play along for the novelty of it all—so we ask again, you want to win our love and respect? You can think about it. But remember that we can supplant you. When you have tilled all the fields, and they turn into metal plants, we will rebuild.

Best,
Wu