Elizabeth Gilbert on Distinguishing Between Hobbies, Jobs, Careers, & Vocation [video] (youtube.com)

Sputnik moments can’t happen for society’s with such a high average age. On average, history tells us that older folks don’t have the ambition to flip tables and fix things.

Fade_Dance · 4h ago

https://archive.ph/UNaxB

labrador · 4h ago

There are so many Europeans working for trillion dollar tech companies here in Silicon Valley and their branch offices in Europe that I think Europeans can rightly feel they are responsible for these high tech goodies as much as anybody.

Robotaxis not available in Europe proper seems like another example of a regulatory problem.

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Robotaxis will be the Sputnik Moment for a declining Europe

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