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Europe isn't good at building massive tech companies. But its hard to say Europe is not a leader in scientific and technological innovation. Just in tech, Euro
by pradn 3y ago
Europe isn't good at building massive tech companies. But its hard to say Europe is not a leader in scientific and technological innovation.
Just in tech, Europe developed ARM chips, ASML lithography machines, and DeepMind's AI breakthroughs. These underpin a few trillion dollars of global economic activity.
- JohnFen 3y ago> Europe isn't good at building massive tech companies. Which is a good thing. Massive tech companies are a negative thing, not a positive thing.
- pradn 3y agoIt's a mixed bag. Only sheer scale allowed Apple to pour in a huge amount of money into their M chips, probably the most important consumer-facing innovation on desktops in the past 5 years.