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Well, there are two parts to the argument. Americans are uncalibrated on how much the rest of the world has advanced BOTH because (a) they don’t fly there (as other data also shows) AND (b) they don’t see media on the world outside the West. You mention Hong Kong; they aren’t as uncalibrated because Shenzhen is right across the way, and US media is always on the TV. They know where China and America actually are in relative terms. Also, if there is demand, flights do exist. EWR has direct flights to Israel. SFO similarly does have many direct flights to Asian capitals, because tech does need to travel to Asia.