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Europe’s Productivity Gap

I didn’t study economics; I was too nerdy back then. It turned out interesting first when I learned about complex systems, and now with the impact of AI on society.

This week a piece caught my eye saying “Europe’s productivity gap with the US is a mirage”. Paul Krugman argues that standard productivity comparisons between Europe and the US are misleading, driven almost entirely by America’s tech sector. While for the rest, productivity adjusted to purchasing power has been equivalent.

Still, being in tech gives me the feeling that we can’t ignore its importance in how world’s economies and societies will play out. I can’t help but feel that Europe isn’t doing enough innovation, at least not fast enough. But I’m optimistic about entrepreneurs driving change where politicians fail.

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The Mockracy

Idiocracy has a follow-up; it’s called the mockracy.

The Mockracy doesn’t only have a department of war…  but also a department of persecution.

Getting ready for the department of miseducation… of disease… of internal and external disasters — wait I think this one is already established too.

Something completely new every day, what an exciting time to be alive.

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Radio not Ga Ga

I’ve lived in a bunch of countries and grew up constantly listening to radio while studying / playing dune 2000 and sensible soccer. There is no radio station in Southern Europe, possibly in the world, compared to radarlisboa.fm from Everything Is New.

Tastes are not debatable, as we say in Portugal. But as many things Portuguese, the combination of old and new, alternative and melodical, music and word, feels like “everything, everywhere, all at once” but chill. It has single-handedly rekindled my love of radio.

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Employee Experience Design

Folks are talking more to their chatbot than to colleagues.

We’re deploying AI agents into remote work environments that regulators are actively tightening, e.g.
* Italy just extended criminal health and safety obligations from companies to employees working from home;
* In the US, surveys are calling 2026 the year of “Great Compliance” with monitoring tools expanding.

In an org, someone will have to think about how employees still interact with each other and handle their new AI collaborators without stressing out.

I bet soon we’ll be talking about Employee Experience Design.