Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection

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Westenberg.

Is the 1 percenters getting dumber or acting like it?

Like 10 years ago, I felt like Andreesen and Elon were thought leaders. Now they sound like idiots.

Did I or did they change?

Did I grow up and they changed to a younger audience and what I used to enjoy was just a different kind of stupid?

They changed. You wouldn’t believe it but those most impacted by the mental rot that social media can induce - are the ultra wealthy.
Elon was always problematic. His increasing social media use removed the natural filters that prevented people from seeing it.
I'm not defending Musk, but "problematic" used in this type of context is one of those words that says more about the speaker than it does the subject.