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Whether in mobile phones, data centers, or cars – microchips are everywhere, and ongoing shortages affect countless industries worldwide. To boost innovation in the United States, Joe Biden recently signed the $280bn CHIPS and Science Act 2022, of which a large part, $52.7bn, is earmarked for the semiconductor industry. What justifies such an enormous government investment in one industry?

It’s the superpower of budding entrepreneurs and the lifeline of innovation: Empathy is needed more than ever today to meet the great challenges of the 21st century.