no, but like with paul graham's essays, people have an unhealthy obsession with both their writing (which is irrelevant outside of the ycombinator/sv bubble) to the point where it seems to signal to be part of an insider club more than provide actual value, which may lead to fuel one's ego a bit too much.

turning this into another overly verbose blog post doesn't really help my thinking on the matter (which, to be fair, is even less relevant than his musings)