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by Aerbil313 282 days ago
It’s weird to believe that US and China are ahead of Europe simply because they work harder. If anything I’d be more inclined to believe they are ahead despite these unhealthy work cultures. Not to mention that US vs. China is not comparable in much any metric. The real reason is the work (and life!) mentality of US where individualism and materialism triumphs, which combined with the dollar hegemony, gives rise to its tech industry. For China it’s posbably the people advantage, combined with a highly focused and determined state massively supporting key areas of technology domestically. Both are unified language, single countries whereas Europe has communication and political barriers internally. And so on…

IMHO your view demonstrates the human bias to attribute simple and easy causes to complex phenomena.