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> And still, we don't have anything near to SV over here. You don’t? I mean, Germany is a technology powerhouse, with arguably the best engineering sector on t
by CPLX 6y ago
> And still, we don't have anything near to SV over here.
You don’t? I mean, Germany is a technology powerhouse, with arguably the best engineering sector on the planet. It just has a different set of technology products than Silicon Valley.
If I were a public policy leader interested in building a more durable, equitable economy for my citizens I would gladly choose the German model.
- hef19898 6y agoTrue that. We seem to struggle so to get all that power on the road for quite some time: - TVs: Went first to Japan and then Korea then China - Cameras: Went to japan - MP3: Went to the US - Cars: We totally missed the trend to EVs - Big engineering projects: Pretty bad track record so far, e.g. the Berlin airport. German companies are still supplying components and sub-systems to these projects worldwide, but they are rarely the general contractor anymore. It would be nice to see that being changed, but everything that is new tech just seems to be an unsurmountable obstacle for a lot of German companies and institutions.
- Reimersholme 6y ago"Das Internet ist für uns alle Neuland" as Merkel put it in 2013. In general, Germany is very conservative and unwilling to change, but in recent years I think the digitalisation has started to take off and get some more strategic support from the government (at least 25 years too late, but anyhow). On the bright side, Berlin being so cheap for a long time and having such a great cultural life has enabled it to become one of the better start-up scenes in Europe, and I do think it will continue to grow in importance. Besides the 'native' start-ups, Amazon is expanding heavily, Tesla is opening up a factory and Google seem to slowly be increasing their presence, etc...