One prominent critique of public markets is that they incentivize short-run thinking at the expense of long-run thinking. Since public company executives feel bound by quarterly expectations, they pursue incremental bets with immediate payoffs: minor product enhancements, cost-cutting strategies, “something-something-generative-AI,” etc. Anything risky, bold, or transformative gets shelved — or worse, is assigned to a “tiger team” whose proudest moment will be presenting their ideas at a company All Hands before being quietly disbanded.
I had some Twitter Nazis send screenshots of tweets to my employer — luckily I didn’t get canned for it — and immediately deleted the app off my phone.
The long-term mental health boost has turned out to be much better than the short-term dopamine hits ever were.
I had some Twitter Nazis send screenshots of tweets to my employer — luckily I didn’t get canned for it — and immediately deleted the app off my phone.
The long-term mental health boost has turned out to be much better than the short-term dopamine hits ever were.
Oof, sorry you had to go through that, but glad it led you off Twitter — it is truly a pit!