When you have a crew of people that are near the top of their game, it's not that hard to manage them.

Strong principals don't work when you have investors to contend with that will kick you out for one bad quarter.

In the age where biology doesn't seem to matter anymore and feelings rule over facts, the Picards of the world will be shunned, censored, and cancelled.

Proton is a for-profit owned by a non-profit foundation, and Yen is the majority shareholder of the company and board member of the Proton foundation. They were ostensibly also very financially stable. He had every opportunity to be a Picard. He chose to be a Ferengi instead.

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