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He, like Elon and others, has become a victim of success and being chronically online. There is no room for anything other than rote agreement with his pov. This makes taking anything he says seriously difficult as it is clear his ideas no longer get a priming pass by dissenting views from his inner circle.

Ycs rep overall has become damaged from his and others behavior which is unfortunate.



Yeah I think the "victim of own success" phenomenon is so inevitable, and so damaging to one's competence, that once someone has attained a certain level of success, I start to follow the opposite of their advice (especially if they start contradicting their previous beliefs)




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