The terrible cost of reporters wanting to maintain close ties and access to scoops from toxic members of our community (not to mention future access in case the

The terrible cost of reporters wanting to maintain close ties and access to scoops from toxic members of our community (not to mention future access in case they decide to convert themselves into VCs, as they do on a frequent basis): these sorts of aw-shucks humble-brag “I got on the phone with Mark he’s really not that bad!” type of nonsense. Mark has serious mental issues. We don’t classify people as mentally ill if they’ve made some certain amount of money, but if we ever get over that bias we would realize people like Kara Swisher spend tons of time selling us on the idea that the decision making of a mentally ill dude with a weird Roman emperor fetish, who is dangerously under-socialized and lives in a bubble of security and yes-men, are the decisions of a wise sage, wiser than any of us will ever be. And I can personally tell you that Kara Swisher has no interest in looking at any evidence that blows up her completely fabricated fantasy. But reality won’t get her that late night call with Mark she clearly desperately seeks; I guess that’s the aging boomer’s version of “I know the guy who runs Tiktok.”