Battle with the state? Battle within?

FALI NARIMAN HAD a favourite joke that ended with Bill Gates jumping off a plane with a backpack he had mistaken for a parachute — simply because, he claimed, he was the smartest man in the world.

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This apocryphal story has little to do with the current plight of Deepinder Goyal, except perhaps as a cautionary aside.Does he now want to be seen as a doughty unicorn fighter, battling for startup rights against a ‘nanny’ state trying to protect gig workers? Or as the formidable quick-service champion who believes his 10-minute delivery promise underpins his stratospheric valuations? Does he imagine his personal brand is burnished by sundry defenders who question whether the state has the right to impale 10-minute deli