I'm throwing out suggestions as to why various differing parties here may be doing what they're doing. There's no need for internal consistency because it's not a unified top-down scenario, it's multipolar game theorizing.
'If A does B, then why would C do D, that isn't consistent' well the answer is that A and C are competing, not cooperating.
> Sure, it's in their interest to break up a unified bloc of talent
And
> If you're in the AI business you don't want that. You want to grab either all of them or balkanize them.
And
> Nobody wants to invest in a personality cult that's sworn an oath of fealty to one guy, dude. That's basically flushing money down the toilet, as this fiasco demonstrates. These lunatics are ready to sacrifice their children on twitter. You cannot work with people like that!
These are mutually incompatible positions.
Then a competitor might hire all of them. If you're in the AI business you don't want that. You want to grab either all of them or balkanize them. Come on, this isn't a hard concept to grasp.
> And in the scenario where they actually think they're mad ... the script of a Marvel film
Then you hire them on a 5 year exclusive contract so they can't rejoin Hydra.
> It makes you look like the mad one
It's normal human writing style, hyperbole, sarcasm, exaggeration, wit, irony, you know. Adult writing, for adults to consume.