KaputWolfgang Munchau
Kaput
by Wolfgang Munchau · first published 2024
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…a software company in Germany and it is hard. While a lot of the current AI work was also done in Germany, e.g. by Schmidhuber, Germans are stuck in their business model. I recommend Münchau's book "Kaput" (or one of his podcast interviews) on how poorly Germans have adapted to the non-industrial aspects of a modern economy (read: "services"). I really hope that more tech founder thinking like Benz, Bosch…
on “Germany creates 'super–high-tech ministry' for research, technology, aerospace” ↗…projects, what is pretty funny, as company is multinational, but of German origin, and most of the managers are Germans... This attitude is just one of the many factors that led to https://www.amazon.pl/Kaput-German-Miracle-Wolfgang-Munchau/...
on “Rost – Rust Programming in German” ↗I cannot speak for Spain and France, but for Germany, stagnation was primarily due to long-standing internal political issues. Wolfgang Münchau discusses this in his book Kaput [1]. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Kaput-End-German-Miracle/dp/B...
on “The Demoralization is just Beginning” ↗>Getting a German VISA is much easier than getting an American VISA Based on Münchau's Kaput, this doesn't seem to be the case. Sounds like they are pretty comparable, especially if you're not a refugee.
on “Growing trade deficit is selling the nation out from under us (2003) [pdf]” ↗