The most insightful comment IMO was this: > Once everything becomes “epic,” nothing less will do, so hype ends up everywhere. When everybody's special, nobody

The most insightful comment IMO was this: > Once everything becomes “epic,” nothing less will do, so hype ends up everywhere. When everybody's special, nobody's special. In Silicon Valley, "epic" and synonyms have been so overused that they now encompass even the truly mediocre. Merely being there is considered evidence of success, being elsewhere is treated as evidence of failure. Whatever this article's particular failings might be, at least it helps to highlight the hubris that drives the endless hype.