You seem talented at making statements that are both deniable and very clear to your target audience. Was this a skill that you deliberately practiced, were you naturally good at it, or did you pick it up some other way?
For example, while running VaccinateCA, I could easily intuit your opinion on public Health as a field, but I don’t recall you every saying anything explicitly negative during that time. I also vaguely remember some comment you made about a “certain monopsonistic firm in Nagoya” that you didn’t name because, because… it would be impolite(?), but that every salaryman would instantly recognize. I figured it out, but it seemed unusual to deliberately not name a company out of politeness, while also making it very clear.
In the not-to-distant past, I would have reflexively dismissed this sort of speech as “political BS”, yes. :sweat_smile: I suspect I was far from alone, among engineer-types, though.
I’m somewhat reminded of how would-be technical founders are cautioned that, while it is indeed bad to let the sales team run the company, sales is a very real skill that that deserves respect.
Thank you for your response and, of course, for the work you did running VaccinateCA.