"Unfortunately for me, not all collaboration can be rooted out, and even I will admit that some collaboration is useful. Ian and Andy edited this newsletter after all."
So "good" collaboration does work. It is just that the post is talking about things that are not really true collaboration and those should be avoided. Title is click bait but posthog is famous for these.
Framing obvious/old ideas in a novel way can be helpful. "Collaboration" is a meme that makes it easy to view all collaboration-shaped exchanges as helpful and the opposite as harmful. A memorable counter-narrative can help people think more critically when faced with an applicable situation.
So "good" collaboration does work. It is just that the post is talking about things that are not really true collaboration and those should be avoided. Title is click bait but posthog is famous for these.