There's that point in the arc of every former-tech-guy-turned-podcaster when you can feel their grip on actual product slip: hand-wavingly broad generalizations, lots of 'strategy' invoked, clever-sounding analogies to history or founders that are actually BS if you know the space (or the founder). You can tell they haven't made an actual product decision or business tradeoff in years: the brain's gone slow and the muscles soft. They're just LARPing at this point to techie aspirants. Kind of like some venture partners pontificating authoritatively, and who've never run anything beyond a pitch meeting. Happened today with a big-name podcaster/blogger....I can tell they're up in the performative clouds of predictable takes. Tech is unforgiving. Nobody cares about ancient lore, you're only as good as your latest product or score. Either stay close to the metal and build, or depart with dignity and never look back. The in-between is embarrassing to watch.