Back when it was still hilariously entertaining the idea of becoming a public company, WeWork took a page from its friends in the Saudi government and sought a—shall we say—generous valuation from investors. This was because, it insisted, WeWork was not simply what it appeared, which is to say an office subletting company with kombuca on tap, but a revolutionary technology company disrupting the very way and space we work (get it?), man, led by an irreplaceable visionary who’d probably be leading a very successful cult if he were not fundamentally altering the way everything in business operates.