This is the logical result of an industry built on the slogan “move fast and break things”. The tech bros are indeed breaking many, many things. Not the least being our culture, the integrity our systems, the economy, and our collective mental well being (especially that of our youth). If we survive, at some point historians are going to look back and marvel at the hubris and stupidity of our age. Tech pioneers are buying private islands and giant yachts for a reason - at some point they’re going to need to hide, either from the rest of us or the disaster they spawned.
Thank you very much Paul! I get where that reaction comes from. A lot has been broken, and pretending otherwise doesn’t help. But I don’t think it’s just about evil masterminds or escape yachts. It’s more mundane and more dangerous than that. Speed beat judgment. Incentives beat responsibility. Now we’re stuck cleaning up systems that scaled faster than anyone stopped to think.
What struck me most here is the idea that truth didn’t just lose moral standing — it lost its economic footing. When friction disappears, something essential goes with it. Not because people changed, but because the conditions did. It makes me wonder what happens to perception when honesty becomes something you have to actively choose, rather than something the environment quietly supports.
Thank you again David! I responded on your restack as well, but I’ll leave the same response here as well… Volume is a key factor here, and that’s what the environment is craving, over truth, over morality, and over ethics. Honesty takes more time, work and background research that most people simply don’t want to do.
This is the logical result of an industry built on the slogan “move fast and break things”. The tech bros are indeed breaking many, many things. Not the least being our culture, the integrity our systems, the economy, and our collective mental well being (especially that of our youth). If we survive, at some point historians are going to look back and marvel at the hubris and stupidity of our age. Tech pioneers are buying private islands and giant yachts for a reason - at some point they’re going to need to hide, either from the rest of us or the disaster they spawned.
Thank you very much Paul! I get where that reaction comes from. A lot has been broken, and pretending otherwise doesn’t help. But I don’t think it’s just about evil masterminds or escape yachts. It’s more mundane and more dangerous than that. Speed beat judgment. Incentives beat responsibility. Now we’re stuck cleaning up systems that scaled faster than anyone stopped to think.
What struck me most here is the idea that truth didn’t just lose moral standing — it lost its economic footing. When friction disappears, something essential goes with it. Not because people changed, but because the conditions did. It makes me wonder what happens to perception when honesty becomes something you have to actively choose, rather than something the environment quietly supports.
Thank you again David! I responded on your restack as well, but I’ll leave the same response here as well… Volume is a key factor here, and that’s what the environment is craving, over truth, over morality, and over ethics. Honesty takes more time, work and background research that most people simply don’t want to do.