iirc for a while Tristan Harris was trying to rope Hawley into supporting his humane tech thing... I guess back before he went full insurrectionist trumpie
It genuinely bothered me the first time I was quoted by someone I totally disagreed with. Probably 10 years ago. Then I just accepted it as a cost of doing business. All you can do is write what you want. How others cut and paste into their world is not something you can control.
I'm not nearly as amused by this as you are, I guess. It's a fine line between Venkat-believes-what-we-believe (which may or may not even be true), and we-believe-what-Venkat-believes (which will manifest as their truth, outside your control). yikes
wow we need to get you a trophy or something! lol I can't stop chuckling since I saw this. I wonder if there's a way to sneak in "avowed globalist, neoliberal shill, etc" into the book as your proper title or something hilarious :P