đââď¸ Tuesday morning run done.
â For days now, Iâve had this thought in my head: why do so many of us in Europe feel that something is off? Not at the level of day-to-day politics, but deeper. At a continental level. Over the past 10â20 years, Europe hasnât chosen innovationâit has chosen overregulation. Talent and entrepreneurial energy arenât flowing here; theyâre flowing outward.
đ§ How did we get here?
By responding to problems with rules instead of knowledge. GDPR didnât prepare us; it became a burden. Bottle caps canât be detached, while elsewhere theyâre building AI, robotics, and entirely new industries. We try to override the laws of nature with man-made lawsâyet those laws donât change: if youâre not valuable, you wonât be protected. If you donât adapt, you fall behind.
đ§ Yet there were good decisions too.
The single market, free movement, USB-Câthese were protocols. They created frameworks, not micromanagement. They enabled freedom, not paralysis. Thatâs the difference between regulation that works and regulation that destroys.
⥠What does this mean today, as an entrepreneur?
We donât think in quarters, but in 3â5â10-year horizons. Whatever is technologically possible will be built somewhere in the world. If not here, then elsewhere. AI and robotics are exactly that. If Europe overregulates these as well, companies simply wonât come here. The free market isnât perfect, but there is no better alternative: you canât optimize millions of individual decisions better from a central point.
đ History doesnât repeat itselfâit rhymes.
The scenery changes, the actors remain the same. The era of printable money is coming to an end; inflation and economic tensions are signs of this. Hungary is small and must adaptâbut meaningless overregulation is not protection, itâs self-sabotage.
đ Thatâs why Iâm thinking this way now.
Not panic. Not complaining. Preparation.
#Europe #entrepreneurship #innovation #freedom #economy #freemarket #AI #future #leadership #awareness #Hungary
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