Reading the international newspapers during my stay in Innsbruck, where I attended the last General Meeting of the European Commission Custom Fit project (rapid manufacturing, 3D printing, etc), I got more and more depressed. Not by the fact that the economy is in a real downturn, but by the fact that I never ever read about how we are learning from this experience. Banking has to become traditional again, we have to focus on our national economies, etc etc. How about doing things differently for once?
Why not make choices per country on what your country can contribute to world progress, prosperity and happiness. To paraphrase John F. Kennedy: 'Do not as what the world can do for you, ask what you can do for the world'. I personally don't believe for a split second that money wil be the solution, no matter how much more we loan, inject or print. This thing is about trust. Trust in one another, trust in a new century, trust in what the future might bring, trust in other cultures, trust in nature, trust in young people.
Maybe it's the flu that's trying to get to me... Maybe it's the sauerkraut...anyway, got it off my chest now.
By the way, nothing wrong with Innsbruck in February.
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