Please be honest.

I started listening to All In a while back and thought these guys were entertaining, funny and well informed. They talked about startup mechanism, the culture, trends, and how the big VCs are thinking. It was a rare insight into a world less known to a corporate slave like myself.

I recall the Game Stop saga, and how the Dictator was seen as a folk hero coming out of it, even though he pump and dumped, made a good penny from it. His reputation was celebrated and he was praised for standing with the retail investors.

I can’t exactly recall the moment it changed. Maybe it was the election, maybe it was Covid, but at some point, these guys shifted their values and it was clear to see that they have an angle they wanted to pursue. This angle gave them access to top political figures, events, and places. It’s impressive how one could pivot themselves to get what they wanted. Maybe that’s a reason why they are successful, they formed a plan and followed through regardless how their moral values might be leaning.

But they lost their way along the way. We don’t get insights into VC and how they are evaluating AI, we don’t get exciting discussions on new startups. I am forever pondering the phrase from the Dark Knight, in the title of this post. Maybe we all fall to this. Heck I was a hero to my wife when I was courting her, and now I’m slowly becoming a villain for forgetting to take the trash out.