I suggest you update yourself on the monetary incentives/benefits for employees that US frontier labs provide. 75k is a drop in the bucket of the amount of money those employees gain in an IPO event, let alone bonuses.
I did my taxes on paper instead of digitally this year because of the same anti-computer feeling. It’s a very magnificent feeling, I do find it kind of interesting how I came to feel this way.
I feel it's image management and a bet. If they succeed, Google profits. If they don't succeed it doesn't matter, it's still a signal to the market/wallstreet that there's no "bad blood" between them and Google and that they won't be cannibalizing Google's current interest.
I immediately recognized the avatar of this person. They are the one with the DIY soft drinks which has been posted on HN before: https://blinry.org/diy-soft-drinks/
If I remember correctly, Spahn is also member of other orgs related to the US, i. e. Atlantik-Brücke e. V.
It’s certainly interesting as he seems to be the only German member of Dialog. It makes me question if these kind of "memberships" make it (partially) possible for him to be in the position he is in now. Otherwise it’s questionable to me how he can stay in power despite being the person he is.
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