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IMHO there is more to SV than just that. Case in point, in Germany non-competes are basically non-enforceable, patentble inventions have to be offered to your current employer so. But only if they are directly linked to your current job, not which equipment yu are using. And if it is not directly linked to your current job, it's all yours.

And still, we don't have anything near to SV over here.

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There are soooo many regulations that add barriers to mobility in Germany. The weird employment recommendation coded letter, and the fact that you literally cannot fire anyone.

> And still, we don't have anything near to SV over here.

You don’t? I mean, Germany is a technology powerhouse, with arguably the best engineering sector on the planet. It just has a different set of technology products than Silicon Valley.

If I were a public policy leader interested in building a more durable, equitable economy for my citizens I would gladly choose the German model.

True that. We seem to struggle so to get all that power on the road for quite some time:

- TVs: Went first to Japan and then Korea then China

- Cameras: Went to japan

- MP3: Went to the US

- Cars: We totally missed the trend to EVs

- Big engineering projects: Pretty bad track record so far, e.g. the Berlin airport. German companies are still supplying components and sub-systems to these projects worldwide, but they are rarely the general contractor anymore.

It would be nice to see that being changed, but everything that is new tech just seems to be an unsurmountable obstacle for a lot of German companies and institutions.

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