[meheleventyone]

It doesn’t really succeed in making that case though, there’s a lot of invective but few facts. If you used the same criteria as the author for the US outside of SV how does it compare?

And as for AI DeepMind is HQ’d in Europe!

[ethbr1]

> Today’s Europeans are not yet poor — they are still living off the prosperity created by prior generations, and that enables their passive consumption

Supported by something also said by others [7] https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/02/26/europe-is-the-fr...

The underlying issue seems to be an incompatibility between egalitarianism and inspiration to individual exceptionalism.

Why be great in Europe, if the rewards to being great elsewhere are better, and you can afford to relocate?

To benefit from European social benefits? If you're that successful, you've far exceeded that standard from personal wealth!

Consequently, you're stuck in a weird middle ground with misaligned incentives papering over a fundamental incompatibility.

[meheleventyone]

I’m aware the opinion exists.