America has its Promethean vision, which has undoubtedly served as a source of great wealth and vitality. Through technological deployment, however, it risks suffering the same fate as Icarus: burning its wings by seeking growth without meaning. Going higher and faster without knowing where you are going quickly becomes a nihilistic dead end that can lead to your own downfall. Europe still has its specific characteristics to counter this trend: ethical questions, a place given to humans that should not be the market’s adjustment variable, a greater role given to the collective over the individual compared to the American cultural paradigm.

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