"The enforcement is the flip side to the growth. And that's OK"
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The intent is to normalize friction around expansion-whether that’s a booming platform, a new market, or a fast-scaling industry. When something grows, it attracts regulators, lawsuits, tighter rules, harsher scrutiny. Rosen isn’t celebrating punishment; she’s inoculating the listener against panic. “And that’s OK” does the emotional labor. It signals steadiness to investors and insiders: don’t read enforcement as failure; read it as the price of relevance.
The subtext is more pointed: enforcement often arrives because growth has outpaced the norms meant to contain it. In tech and media especially, “move fast” culture treats rules as an afterthought until scale forces a reckoning. By calling enforcement a “flip side,” Rosen implies a bargain: you don’t get to enjoy the upside without someone checking the externalities.
Contextually, this is the language of the adult in the room during a boom-and-backlash cycle. It’s a way to tell a growth-obsessed culture that boundaries aren’t a tragedy-they’re the moment the world takes you seriously enough to police you.
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Rosen, Hilary. (2026, January 17). The enforcement is the flip side to the growth. And that's OK. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-enforcement-is-the-flip-side-to-the-growth-67221/
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Rosen, Hilary. "The enforcement is the flip side to the growth. And that's OK." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-enforcement-is-the-flip-side-to-the-growth-67221/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"The enforcement is the flip side to the growth. And that's OK." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-enforcement-is-the-flip-side-to-the-growth-67221/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.


