“can’t explain it. Just as I never learned their true reasons for selling Nest, I never heard an explanation for why they decided to keep it. Maybe the fact that Amazon was interested made Larry realize that Nest was a valuable asset after all. Maybe it was all an elaborate game of chicken to get me to toe the line and cut costs. Maybe they never had a real plan to begin with and this all happened because of some exec’s casual whim. You’d be surprised how often that’s the reason behind major changes.”