Just 2 comments. Life has taught me that no matter how noble, pure, well-intended or just a cause is you will find exactly the same interpersonal dynamics tha

Just 2 comments. Life has taught me that no matter how noble, pure, well-intended or just a cause is you will find exactly the same interpersonal dynamics that you will find in most organizations, including many despicable ones. Our extremely thin varnish of civilization is not strong enough to stop millions of years of evolution fine-tuning us to be hierarchical tribal apes living in small groups.Remember that every time you join a movement, you will have to deal with the same bullshit than in everywhere else. The second one, quoting the author: ". I’ve navi­gated plenty of diffi­cult people—LA lawyers, SF venture capi­tal­ists, et al." I would say that the author must have experienced a very narrow window of human types if those are the examples he came up with. I just found it funny, no need to make a drama about it.