(Spoilers: it's probably a metaphor!!!)

Thank you for reading my story!

This started as something terse and didactic, which felt like really bad territory for the piece. I'm kind of relieved that you took away the intended content.

Oh, OK. I think all the VC-adjacent people still really believe in crypto, if it helps. They probably also don't believe in it, depending on the room. I think it will come back.

Put me down for "doesn't think it will end." Did crypto end?

Actually, as a furry, I'm obligated not to hate this.

This seems bleak but not inaccurate. Not a big fan of it. I'll be economical by not explaining why.

The plan isn't totally serious, but the worldview I'm promoting, which you seem to be picking up on, actually is serious.

The observation I have made is that most people in positions of power were selected by people in previous positions of power, usually for their affability and willingness to comply. Most of the most powerful people I have met were total conformists in practically every way, although they usually had high general intelligence.

Stuck in my brain: I used to work at a dating site for Indian people, and one of the things we tried was "LLM-generated pickup lines."

I don't remember most of them and we never made the feature public, but one of them sticks out in my mind for being the most incomprehensible.

Guy-to-girl:

What's your remedy for a Bollywood love affair?

Wait, who is "they" in this situation? There aren't enough CEOs for me to care about who they vote for, but I care about the other stuff they're doing.