Where startups used to be the tool of choice for rebels to break barriers, they’ve increasingly become a consensus norming funnel.

As The Consensus Capital Machine has raged on, it has only further eradicated the survivability of contrarian perspectives.

But the poison of Consensus formation has spread from capital deployment to culture formation. The prevalence of normativity infects every aspect of our lives . Independent critical thinking gives way to cultural adherence within the party line as contrarianism dies.

I believe that the North Star for YC shifted from helping people understand how to build a company to maximizing the number of companies moving through the funnel.