The Economist argues that a lack of robots is in major European cities will be a wake up call that they’ve fallen behind the rest of the world

The Economist argues that a lack of robots is in major European cities will be a wake up call that they’ve fallen behind the rest of the world.

Ignoring that this is a strange take — if limited mass transit, no universal healthcare and widespread gun violence hasn’t convinced Americans they’ve fallen behind, why would lack of Waymos make Europeans feel similarly?

https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/09/04/robotaxis-will-be-the-sputnik-moment-for-a-declining-europe?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=68ba77b55102e60001abec1a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky