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Should have just dictated it to a mentat.

It can be a bit of a double edged sword, especially in startups.

I've been on the leadership side of this where you suddenly realize it's vitally important to your growth that you can give away the things you're doing day to day - unblocking people when they get stuck has a higher ROI than doing it yourself even if you'd do it better/faster because it scales more.

But I saw this very differently at an early stage company where our being successful led to people being hired to do all the interesting areas I had been growing into - if someone has Legos anxiety it may very well be because they've realized that this growth is not going to work well for them.

The systems are so weirdly gameable though - I know a number of couples living with their parents for free to save money in very expensive parts of the country - they'll be paid top rates with no expenses vs. someone living in a poorer part of the country to be with family taking a massive paycut.

Others are living in the hubs they always have while renting out flats in cheaper parts of the country as side income.

The endgame is living in the cheapest neighbourhoods in SF/NY/London while working "remote" - the commute being bad in that part of the city doesn't matter anymore.

Maybe we can just show our rent checks for food at the company store.

Ah yes Alberta where even roads don't work thanks to freeze thaw cycles. What a perfect start.

One thing to consider is that this is largely a self-correcting problem for Facebook due to the auction model for ads.

As money leaves the pool, price per conversion will tend to go down automatically for everyone else.

If you think other advertisers will leave money on the table to make a point then you haven't worked in business very long.