Available worldwide via Amazon (Kindle Edition)
US: $5.99
Other regions: Local Amazon pricing
Available here:
https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B0GMXLX56T
Europe may be SAP’s home, but it is no longer the place where its future will be decided. That future is shaped elsewhere — in the boardrooms of American multinationals, in the industrial corridors of Asia and in innovation hubs stretching from Silicon Valley to Bangalore. For a company born in Walldorf, Germany, global presence is no longer a strategic option. It is an existential condition.
Social media has evolved from a platform for personal exchange into a central arena of public life, where digital footprints now serve as tools for state oversight. Governments worldwide increasingly treat posts, likes and messages as sources of intelligence. What begins as access to data can, depending on the system, remain a regulated investigative tool or transform into an instrument of control.
Europe has spent the last decade defining itself through rules. From data protection to online platforms and now artificial intelligence, the continent has become the world’s most assertive regulatory power. It is a role Europe embraces proudly: the guardian of ethics, human rights and democratic values in a digital age often dominated by commercial or authoritarian interests.
