I think this is the most useful thing I've ever read about bitcoin that has nothing at all to do with bitcoin, but rather, about the complexities of the world, the web of interlocking forces that lead to macro action, even when it seems, from certain points of view, that these outcomes are pathological and incomprehensible.
"Best" sometimes means similar to what we already know and do, only better, easier to use, more powerful, more popular. It becomes harder and harder to change one's mind if one gets used to a certain way of doing things for a long period of time. Take the bike gangster again trying to sell you a bike saddle. The natural, instinctive thing to do when one tries to increase the posterior comfort is to use more cushioning. That works in normal scenarios, like a couch, but not in a road bike. After a certain time threshold, like two hours, comfort increases not by adding cushioning but by removing it. It is not intuitive. Taking an endurance eight hours ride is a completely different sport than a ride in the park. Instinct and past experience does not translate to the new endeavor.
The examples are simple and evocative. Aside from a dig at Jordan Peterson, which is annoying and stupid coming from someone who presumably has never actually read him (take your own advice on that one, bro), it's a useful meditation on why the answers to why the world is fucked up in the myriad ways in which it's fucked up aren't simple; or at least, the issues are not simple to address at scale.