Aronson argues that data cannot be compared to oil because it is simultaneously an economic good and a service; it is inexhaustible (unlike oil), and it can function as a commercial asset, global public good, and solution to collective problems like disease spread.

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Speaker

Susan Aronson

Evidence Quote

“first of all data is not like any other good service because it is simultaneously in good ended service that's the thing about the thing too it is an inexhaustible resource non-exhaustible resource like oil to compare it to that is troubling”

Source

China's Grand Strategy For Global Data Dominance | Hoover Institution— Hoover Institution
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:18:09 PM

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