It was weird to me that none of my friends know what China has gone through to build where they are today. I have lived through the hyper growth era of China there are empirical study we can learn from for the past 26 years and how they designed to be on track for "out build the world".
The gap between policies and reality
The European parliament seems to have a distanced viewpoint from the public. European Chips Act noted an ambitious goal: to double the production on semiconductors, chips' manufacturing, design by Europe. It aims to create a £43B fiscal space to double EU's share of global secmiconductor capacity from roughly 10% to 20% by 2030†. Realising the race is near the end of exponential, EU pushed for a new Chip Act 2.0 in June, 2026 in hoping to enhance technological sovereignty, reduce reliance on non-EU suppliers and fix the shortcomings of the original Act. The main focus for the EU is to secure an AI supply chain from semidonductors to power AI applications and tech like industrial robotics and cloud infra†.
The Germans voted to "No", by rejecting a billion dollar build out by a US investor. They are not the first, won't be the last in Europe either.
Sentiments
How the public was receptive to technology choices.
From city leaderboard to state leaderboard
Mayors are responsible their own city's GDP, growth and tax.