There is nothing special about Elon Musk, Sam Altman, or Mark Zuckerberg. Accepting that requires you to also accept that the world itself is not one that rewards the remarkable, or the brilliant, or the truly incredible, but those who are able to take advantage of opportunities, which in turn leads to the horrible truth that those who often have the most opportunities are some of the most boring and privileged people alive.

Every time I think about linkedin I get this exhausted feeling thinking about dealing with it, updating, that horrible feed of generic "rah rah <empty emotional statement> company" posts that feel cold as ice ... all the unsolicited email they send me. I can't think of another site that makes me feel like that.

I have a profile, but it is as old as the last job I got and I have no desire to go to that site but I still feel tied to it to some extent.

I can't think of another site that has that weird combination of undesirable factors that I'm stuck with.