October 16th 2025. There's this misconception I've found amongst a lot of people in startups and research that people pursuing ambitious ideas automatically have good taste. I'm not even sure what exactly taste is in these contexts but it seems to be something like the abillity to identify and come up with things that are good. I'm also wary of the growing nationalism in American tech circles. Also interesting to note europe hasn't been hit as hard with wokeness.