Two LinkedIn messages
A microcosm in my inbox
It is fair to say I am not a heavy user of LinkedIn. A few nights ago, I discovered the “Other” inbox, which contained two unread messages from 2021.
The first was a COVID-related media request from a reporter at a major Canadian newspaper. They are now a communications coordinator for a Toronto fintech company.
The other was from a University of Toronto PhD student asking for my vote in the graduate student union election. Their trajectory was U of T -> life sciences consulting in San Francisco -> innovation and venture in Boston.
These are just two data points, but they are remarkably good illustrations of two ills afflicting Canadian society: the collapse of a sustainable media ecosystem and the brain drain of talent and entrepreneurship to the United States.
Two LinkedIn messages, and a microcosm in my inbox.