Staying True to Vision and Autonomy in Project Leadership

The speaker initially got involved in a Twitter project in 2019, but wasn't chosen as the lead until mid-2021. Since then, the project has passed into the speaker's hands, with Jack remaining on the board. Jack believes social media should have started as an open protocol for everyone's benefit. He desires a change in social media to happen quickly, advocating for decentralized projects. The project's approach aligns with the speaker's and the early team's vision, while maintaining autonomy granted by Jack. The speaker presented a detailed roadmap and architecture sketch to Jack, which formed the basis of the project that has been faithfully executed. Unexpectedly, Elon took over Twitter, leading to a shift in the project's direction from being an internal Twitter initiative to becoming more independent, similar to bird watch, which was a radical experiment in crowdsourcing misinformation detection.