Yes, I find JayB's continued insistence that Europe is a monolith devoid of invention, innovation and science compared to the rest of the world because of their draconian taxation and social practices terribly amusing, not to mention counter to fact.
As for "trajectory" one need only compare Europe relative to S. America and Africa to see who the real losers have been in the last 6 decades.
I missed the relative dearth of invention serving as the thrust of his argument.
and why only go back 6 decades?