Vox -- the self-indulgent site founded by Ezra Klein and some other bright 30-somethings -- is out of control. It seems determined to write itself into irrelevance with self-referential news judgement that totally bypasses the concerns of ordinary people.
Unless I'm missing something. But I think they will burn through their venture capital funding and then fold. Who is interested in anything they write?
Then there is the case of Matt Yglesias, a super-bright guy who used to come up with really interesting ideas. He is now on the way to becoming a parody of himself. His latest posting on Vox is a plea to do away with time zones and put everyone on Greenwich Mean Time, so we can go to work at 1400 and knock off at 2200. Wow, that's appealing.
Really? Really?? C'mon Matt,there's a lot of important stuff going on in the world. This is not thought leadership. This is outer space.
