If you're an individual startup, you don't care about the overall system, just maximizing your own. So that efficiency seems great. But if you're a VC with a b

If you're an individual startup, you don't care about the overall system, just maximizing your own. So that efficiency seems great. But if you're a VC with a broad portfolio, you're much more exposed to the single-point-of-failure risks that come with increased efficiency. "Give up some efficiency for system robustness and long-term-health" is a no-brainer for mature engineering orgs, but in this financialized world nobody can see the longer term big picture