No politics now, possibly all the time, is naive. Politics shapes the business environment in which you operate. How you raise funds, how and who you hire, wh

No politics now, possibly all the time, is naive. Politics shapes the business environment in which you operate. How you raise funds, how and who you hire, who and where are your customers, etc. How you discuss things and the temperature level of said discussions should be somewhat lower. But trying to discuss business in an abstract environment detached from reality is just burning electrons.