"The U.S. answered #Sputnik with bold #competition not an aggrieved whine that America had been ripped off and abused.
America’s response to rising scientific competition from China—symbolized by #DeepSeek’s R1 matching OpenAI’s o1—has been very different. The DeepSeek Moment has been met not with resolve and competition but with anxiety and #retreat."
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/07/the-sputnik-vs-deepseek-moment-why-the-difference.html