I wonder if @pmarca has considered the endgame of killing introspection is the death of his social media audience.
We don't need to consume all the information that we do in order to be productive. We do so because it feeds our intellectualism. Quitting that means quitting X.
@signulll It's what happens with you add incentives to social systems.
The humble people retreated to private communities and have their profiles set to private because, by definition, they found a handful of cool people and don't need more.
@paulg@atrupar Even if the point is conceded, this is practically a rounding error in our birth rate. Hardly worth making a national issue.
This is face saving when their true goal was defeated.
@paulg@hthieblot “Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.”
The irony of quoting Thatcher here