In a post on X, ScienceIO founder Will Manidis wrote that he feels "profound moral culpability" for pioneering the essay format that turns historical anecdotes into lessons about technology and morality, then joked that venture funds now pump it out through "industrial slop canons." The line landed because it named a style many tech readers on X appeared to recognize: grand historical setup, tidy moral and a venture-world lesson at the end. In a reply on X, Jeff Huber answered, "time for a new format."