The Phony Patriots of Silicon Valley
Good summation:
Meredith Whittaker, a co-founder of the AI Now Institute at New York University and a former Google employee, characterized the tech industry’s scaremongering about China as a tactical move meant to deflect criticism. “It’s a really convenient narrative,” Ms. Whittaker said. “It evokes nationalism and a red scare trope that has worked in the past. And it implies that regulation, accountability and taking a pause to consider ethics would be counter to ‘winning.’”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/technology/the-phony-patriots-of-silicon-valley.html