[passivate]

I don't know everything about Coinbase's history, but I agree with most of the tweet. Airing dirty laundry in public, and arm twisting management is not really a great strategy. There will always be a power asymmetry, and it was understood as such when the employee joined such an organization. Using stock options which are a form of compensation benefit to then position oneself to be above the management is silly. "Smart people" is not some kind of a character trait that engages in such behavior.

[Dracophoenix]

> Airing dirty laundry in public, and arm twisting management is not really a great strategy.

I'm decidedly split on this one. There are circumstances that warrant disclosure, even in spite of agreements to secrecy. I think everyone is better off for knowing about the Pentagon Papers or Snowden leaks, or the massive fraud pulled off by Bernie Madoff.

[passivate]

Okay, but I'm not sure what the pentagon papers have to do with coinbase or anything we're discussing here. It goes without saying that I am not proposing a principle that applies in every single situation, for every single person. I don't know anyone who writes comments with that assumption.