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1/5 Three products/services that are banal in Europe but seems high-tech in the US: First, an easy one, high speed trains.

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! This map shows you how far a 5h train ride will take you, departing from any city in Europe. chronotrains-eu.vercel.app Inspired by Direkt Bahn Guru by @juliustens.

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2/5 This one surprised me a few days ago! Induction stoves… I made a whole thread to compare how it is peak product innovation in the US, and… utmost banal house appliance that you don't even think about in France 😮

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1/5 The US discover induction cooking

It’s apparently so uncommon there that you can raise VC money for an stove and get a TechCrunch article

(but you need to add a battery inside, which I guess is the innovation) (In France 61% of stoves sold in 2021 were induction stoves) twitter.com/sdamico/status…

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3/5 Instant bank wire transfers. In EU all banks now offer really instant transfers, thanks to regulations by the European Commission to counter VISA/Mastercard Still often not free (0.8 euro at my bank, the goal is for them to be free by regulation

EU pushes for banks to offer instant payments at no extra cost

Brussels says the move will make the European economy more efficient and bring savings for businesses and customers alike.

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4/5 What are other product that are stuck in the future in the US, and already mundane in Europe? What am I missing?

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5/5 I hope you've found this short thread a nice way to think about innovation with a different perspective. Some products are easier to develop in a given environment, and sometimes the US is blocking innovation in paradoxical ways! Like/Retweet the first tweet below:

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1/5 Three products/services that are banal in Europe but seems high-tech in the US: First, an easy one, high speed trains. twitter.com/_benjamintd/st

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