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by joe_mamba 1 day ago
>Worst part is Europe was near the top of nuclear and microchips ~30 years ago

Boomers decided that was enough growth, it's time to cement what they got and cash out without thinking about economic growth opportunities of future generations.

>France had bleeding-edge AI

They still do, but it's all tied in stuffy bureaucratic French-speaking academia, not in monetizable products that scale internationally. Whatever they come up with, the US companies will then buy up, turn into products and sell for money.