> If anything (at the risk of sounding extra American), these threads remind me that the US is still the place to be if you want to build something different.

Interesting, because recently the USA exited Bloomberg's top 10 innovative countries, while if I remember correctly 7/10 where European countries [0]. Sorry guys, you can't stay on top forever.

[0] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-03/south-kor...