I think what people want to do is they want to buy you to stay. What isn't fine is they use intimidation in law firms to start sending you letters. I basically at one point said, okay, sue me. I'm starting another company. And look, I'm not the victim here because I was paid a lot of money and I had lawyers review the contract and I knew what I was signing. The senior level employees who sign these things who get huge payouts, it creates income inequality, it suppresses innovation and it suppresses wages at a mid tier. These things are terrible. You're right, Lena's done a great thing here. But I would agree talent pools
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