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When did this UX convention develop and why? I think this is also true across languages like Arabic and Hebrew whose script runs right-to-left.

Reasonably senior level IC (Principal / Senior Staff) for several years at a big company (think FAANG). Recently there have been several priority shifts percolating from top down in a very frothy and heterogenous manner. Re-orgs and key people departing are not surprising.

Looking at it in one way - a sinking ship. Looking at it in another way - a large ship pivoting and shedding parts of it.

For those who have been in big orgs and have survived or even thrived org and priority changes that are pretty sweeping, what are your tips and tricks? What are some fundamental mindset changes that you found useful to help you navigate?

And finally - Is chaos really a ladder?

My classical liberal outlook (with maybe a propensity to support higher quality regulations) has been seriously rocked over the past few years culminating of course in the elections last year and the outlooks of elections to come (Trump, FPÖ, AfD, etc.)

* It appears that the US and the world-at-large is moving towards an era of inward-looking nationalism, protectionism, and a return to the Great Powers carving up of the world. Where does this go?

* My ability to empathize with the rise of the power of trollish dialog and rhetoric (see @elonmusk or @pmarca) and memes is fundamentally broken. What happened to Good Faith? Humility? Kindness?

* What happened to the rule of law? Or even the veneer of accountability at some level?

* What values do I pass on to the next generation? Those of having careful principles that you defend and practice or a cynical view of "getting what you can" because everyone's doing it at every level of society?

Do I lean into philosophy? Or history? Or something else - to make sense of a very different 2025 compared to what I was seeing, in the US, a mere 20 years ago.

And beyond Larry and Sergey, there seem to be a lot of founders who are basically retired? What do they do all day? How do they transition from what were probably incredibly busy and choreographed days?