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So, I Live in Europe. Welcome to Bla Bla Land.
This isn’t a complaint. It’s a wake-up call.
The whole world is shifting gears.
Tech rivalries and geopolitical tensions are reshaping alliances, borders, and futures. Everyone is racing to secure digital sovereignty, protect core technologies, and keep pace with AI and whatever innovation emerges next week.
Europe knows this too. It develops strategies. White papers. Declarations. Mission statements. Other “vision documents.”
Policymakers, experts, and academics are discussing the changes that are needed: “We must do something about the maze of rules and regulations to enhance our competitiveness.”
Because Europe loves rules.
Not simple ones.
Complex rules that need a legal PhD and three government grants to interpret, and even then, they might not be clear. For decades, we’ve mastered the art of regulating things before we even understand them. Take GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the AI Act, and CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) as prime examples.
As long as they come with acronyms, workshops, and a five-year implementation delay.
