> practical people who value merit over noise, How wouldn't that be a part of a perfectly rational risk analysis though? It's like saying (of course on a ver

> practical people who value merit over noise, How wouldn't that be a part of a perfectly rational risk analysis though? It's like saying (of course on a very different scale) that NASA should be buying rockets from Russian/Chinese/etc. companies/government as long as they offer a good price/quality ratio etc. Which would be an immensely stupid thing to do regardless of how good the actual rockets were. > Twitter and saying inappropriate shit out loud Or possibly more importantly doing inappropriate shit both publicly and not. In general companies that are purely driven by their management's desire to maximize profits/shareholder value/their bonuses are fairly predictable and can be expected to behave rationally under most circumstances. However you might not want to rely too much on company owned by someone (hard to tell which ones are correct so pick any): - willing to burn billions to either to prove some bizarre point - makes impulsive decisions worth billions under the influence of drugs - is willing to spend large amounts of money to manipulate public opinion (and/or undermine democracy and the rule of law) (at least long-term anyway...)