Pillarization isn't a thing anymore, politics is still a thing but doesn't revolve on party lines, if that makes any sense. More like hyper-politics, it isn't p

Pillarization isn't a thing anymore, politics is still a thing but doesn't revolve on party lines, if that makes any sense. More like hyper-politics, it isn't politics until it is. For research IMEC is huge, the people working their are generally good, mix tungsten with silicon and get better chips due to quantum effects. Non semiconductor stuff is a lot weaker, some stuff bordering on academic fraud. Semantic web this and that, sir Tim Burners Lee saving the internet again. Bureaucrats just love how consensus focused that stuff is, like catnip. When I have meetings with government officials they are lead by consultants from PwC that talk about the need for more competition. I'm better off working for EY that just gets the contract.