At the #sciencebusiness event, a lot of talk about European competitiveness and geopolitics (obviously).

What I keep wondering is to what extent do we really need to compete? How much do we need to bow to global rules, and how many of those should we try to shape? Above all, does the “only money matters” have to be the main driver? Sure, we cannot and should not ignore the global environment, but couldn’t we reshape our view of it?