Though I do see some room for improvement.
While I don’t want to idealize Jobs or Gates—they both have plenty to answer for—I have to admit the issues I had with them back in the day seem rather quaint by 2025 standards. We really had no idea how bad things could get.
Likewise, Kara Swisher has probably done more harm than good in the grand scheme of things, but she has cleaned up her act—or at least attempted to whitewash her reputation—recently, distancing herself from the malignant culture of Silicon Valley she used to promote.
The inclusion of Gates and Swisher is particularly objectionable given the fact that some horrible people who are currently making things much worse were left off the original roster. Kevin Roose and Joe Lonsdale come immediately to mind.
The initial assignments were badly done. Most of the talent was concentrated on the left, with Musk and Zuckerberg the only heavy hitters on the other side. (Any ranking that doesn’t have Marc Andreessen in the final four -- probably in Zuckerberg's slot -- is deeply flawed.)
Otherwise, I can’t complain about how things turned out, either, with the final match-up coming down to Musk and Thiel, or with Elon winning in a close match.
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