Comment by ozozozd
8 days ago
Serious adults?
They are in extremely short supply right now.
It’s a mix of serious-wanna be, quasi religious, quasi-technical people running the show right now.
I am so happy to I got to read about the 90s-2000s tech culture, and experienced the post-2008 startup culture.
Just about 10 years ago people were really serious, but chill-looking. Somehow that got flipped.
Sometimes being unserious is actually very serious. See current US administration.
Mario Zechner's talk "Building Pi in a World of Slop" is a good listen, on the topic of adults in a "world of slop". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjfbvDXpFls
The wig-vs-grok periodic cycle.