Hah. Well put!

This part of their pitch made me smile--especially the "alpha status" part:

"Will it be expensive? Sure. But working with us means self-investment, downstream profits, and alpha status."

Here my post on the AI assistant that nagged me incessantly and wasted my time yesterday.

www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Congrats. A big loss for Stanford. Thanks for being such an excellent colleague and human.

I am always impressed with your ability to weigh the facts in support of and in opposition to clashing beliefs. Just when I am sure you have a strong opinion strongly held, you start talking about evidence that supports a different view. A rare talent.

Here is the link to Jamie and Christopher's Tedx talk on "Why Good People Become Bad Bosses."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN6S...

I would add, however, that--as research on economic assumptions shows--when people BELIEVE that capitalism requires treating people like dirt, that is how they are prone to behave. See, for example, this old but compelling summary by
@adammgrant.bsky.social:

evonomics.com/more-evidenc...

“Leverage” for starters