You could imagine him sitting back to soak up the theatre of reaction and speculation that unfolded.
So what does it all add up to?
Social medias midlife crisis
Dorseys move was not entirely unexpected.

In the case of Twitter, there is also the social-media dimension.
It is sometimes said that these companies are facing asocial media midlife crisis.
Decentralized start-ups like finance platformCompound, crypto exchangeUniswapand currency makerMakerDaoare making big profits and becoming more and more popular.

It will look like an appealing landing site for burned-out tech professionals trying to rekindle their optimism.
To survive this, we need a new way of thinking about technology.
Dorsey has the advantage that he has had one foot in this new camp for some time.