This is the conclusion I have started to come to as well, but it has been very difficult. The question I used to ask is “How do I contribute to something that overcomes the gravity well of the existing network effect?” And the answer, it turns out, is that it doesn’t really matter. People who want to come will come, and we are better off without the people who don’t. The fallacy of large N is pervasive. There is a happy spot where it’s just about perfect.
This is the conclusion I have started to come to as well, but it has been very difficult. The question I used to ask is “How do I contribute to something that overcomes the gravity well of the existing network effect?” And the answer, it turns out, is that it doesn’t really matter. People who want to come will come, and we are better off without the people who don’t. The fallacy of large N is pervasive. There is a happy spot where it’s just about perfect.