im sick of "alignment" being the goal of #ethereum projects, @peter_szilagyi's open letter to the EF explicitly critiques this culture of kingmaking where what @VitalikButerin and his posse say is good for the ecosystem is good and aligned, how about you think about @Polygon tempo paradigm not through the lens of alignment but your own critical thinking skills and decide for yourself for a change. ethereum is supposed to be a neutral protocol where people can do this! plus, this way you can avoid the mental gymnastics of trying to absolve every single decision made by buterin and his close friends at the EF as right for ethereum. in general, you're just going to get angry at life if you keep letting someone else think for you. last point, it's actually impossible to be aligned with ethereum if what you're aligning with is really just the views and opinions of a small group of high profile ethereum thought leaders, because believe me when i say, this group isn't always themselves aligned with each other!