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> This is long overdue and the pain is a result of accumulated managerial debt.

The pain is the result of Elon Musk overpaying 3x for a company he didn't want to buy and aggressively cost cutting to lower expenses.

1 billion a year in debt interest payments due to the 12 billion in loans he took on to purchase Twitter matches reality more closely than "accumulated managerial debt".

> Twitter will be fine operationally.

I'm unsure how anyone can say this with any confidence.

> Letting go of these people also makes room for more wild thinkers and hacker types to join the party.

I think I met you at a gathering in SF once and had to walk away from the conversation.




> The pain is the result of Elon Musk overpaying 3x for a company he didn't want to buy

If he were put in charge of twitter and paid no money, I don't think his actions would be any different. He's that kind of crazy.




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