Why have we seen unfavorable trends in the ranking of European countries in the world rankings for country innovation in recent decades? What are the scale and wider significance of this problem, and what should be done to reverse this trend and turn it in a positive direction? According to the European Innovation Index, we have advanced annually by 9.9% in the 2015–2022 period, and some countries even four times less. Our additional challenge is that, as a society, we are not sufficiently aware of this problem, and consequently, we are not motivated to tackle it more decisively and in a…