What do the tech bros really want? Is it power, is it money, is it total control over information? Even the title of Sunday’s “Europe in Discourse” debate goes straight into medias res. Personally, “Life on Mars” is missing from the list, says Maribel Königer from the Erste Foundation with a twinkle in her eye – and sets the tone for the discussion in the Burgtheater. A top-class panel decoded the often difficult topics of the current digital debate in a low-key way. Whether “public procurement”, regulations or digital sovereignty – Burgtheater, Erste Foundation, the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) and STANDARD invited to a discussion that pointed the finger at the gaping gaps in Europe’s digital infrastructure – but also showed: There is no lack of specialist knowledge.
