Monocultures are productivity machines too: keep one foot in, one foot out
DominiqueCAPaul · x · 2026-10-02
Responding to the Thiel/Girard-inspired take that Silicon Valley is "the most extreme groupthink on the planet," Dominique CAPaul adds nuance: monocultures are also productivity machines. When everyone around you accepts the premises, you stop burning energy defending them and can push ideas much further — and extreme bets often only happen when nobody questions your assumptions. His synthesis: keep one foot inside the monoculture for the leverage, and one foot outside so it doesn't decide what you want.
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