Tech company lifecycle:
Year 1-3: Change the world
Year 4-7: Monetize the world
Year 8-10: Congressional hearing about what you did to the world
"We should ban X to reduce harm Y"
Harm Y increases
"Thank God for the ban, imagine how bad it would be without it"
Every. Single. Time.
"move fast and break things" works great until you realize the things they're breaking are:
- Democracy
- Mental health
- Privacy
- Labor markets
- The concept of truth itself
But hey, I can order Doordash from ChatGPT, so...