alt Hacker Newshttps://statisticstimes.com/economy/united-states-vs-eu-econ...
If you focus only on tech the discrepancy is larger than if you include the wider economy. Even though USA is ahead economically, the EU is still the second largest player globally and the gap is probably not as wide the HN bubble makes it seem.
This ignores the population differences between the two. When you look at GDP per capita, things are quite stark.