> And for that one must be innovative, open for new things. Nonsense. Innovation has nothing to do with "safe, prosperous, and dignified lives". In fact, I'd a

> And for that one must be innovative, open for new things. Nonsense. Innovation has nothing to do with "safe, prosperous, and dignified lives". In fact, I'd argue that it is often an obstacle to those things. > The world ows you shit.. That's a great way to highlight the difference between Europe and the US: The idea that "the world" (i.e., society and the state) does owe a lot to each individual is pretty fundamental to European thought. In the US, it's live or die, nobody owes you anything.