VivaTech 2025 in Paris yesterday, June 11th, 2025, marking my first European view after two in Taipei and one in the U.S. Huang outlined the European Union’s plan to build 20 AI factories, highlighting 13 key hubs: Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Spain), Jülich Supercomputing Center (Germany), GENCI/CEA (France), CINECA (Italy), CSC (Finland), GRNET (Greece), Linköping University … Continue reading VivaTech 2025 and the 20 AI Factories
Let’s cut to the chase: getting around Paris, especially to its airports, is a dismal experience that exposes the city’s overblown reputation. Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), 25 kilometers from the center, demands 40 to 50 minutes on the creaky RER B for €13 —a rattling, strike-prone relic. Orly, 13 kilometers out, forces you onto … Continue reading Paris Traffic: A Shabby Symptom of a Fading City
France’s state-driven dream battles its own weight over decades Liberty, equality, fraternity—these words, carved into France’s revolutionary granite, gleam as a noble trinity. Yet beneath them lurks a paradox: a state-driven vision, crafted to cradle these ideals, has hardened into a yoke too heavy to hoist. From the postwar surge—5.1% annual GDP growth through 1945-1975 … Continue reading The French Paradox: Liberty, Equality, and the State’s Heavy Yoke
