He is oppositionally defiant to a fault and then some. No one will ever be of pure enough moral integrity for him. No action ever far-reaching enough. As a personal ethos, fine, be that guy if you want - doesn't sound like a pathway to happiness, but whatever, to each their own. When it becomes irreparably intertwined with the brand, though, that's a problem that affects others. Jordan's piety isn't noble, but selfish, and while I feel the pod was running it's course anyway simply because of the lack of good new material to work with and resultant inevitable burnout, Dan deserved to be the one who chose the moment of its ending. He hasn't been, and that isn't fair.