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Thinking about this for a long time: "And that's what I'm worried about: "No user serviceable parts inside". I'm concerned the very reason tablets will take over the PC market will also mean that tomorrow's kids' experience is very different from, and I would argue poorer than, my experience when I got my first computer, a Commodore VIC 20."

And found the answer in automobiles. They are as essential to us as communication devices will be to everyone tomorrow. And yet only a few only know at least the fundamentals of an engine.

It's a problem society has to tacle by embracing STEM but it's not as problematic as it seems IMHO.

We've got billionaires in Germany, too. But those guys do invest their money in shitty financial products or odious investment deals (lookup Schickedanz Quelle). As starting a company is a matter of attitude so is investing into startups.

There are platforms like seedmatch for example which generated 100k in 46 minutes from various people, so there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Be careful what you wish for. Not only lasts the current German boom on the shoulders of Spain, Greece and so on but also on millions of workers whose salery has to be filled with federal money each month. Which means none other that the current earnings of companies are subsidized by taxes or better: social welfare.