[whoami_nr]

While what you are saying is mostly true for most of the "influencers", this guy was a 2x icpc world finalist back in the day, so probably knows a thing or two. Having said that, I read through the excerpt and it is actually outright wrong on some stuff.

[ablatt89]

Makes sense. While he certainly seems to be smart given his accomplishments, I think it's really up to the general educated populace to keep those who are in power and have technical understanding of things in check. It seems clear that there's an ever growing of "influencers" who do have technical skills, but are saying largely quixotic and exaggerated statements to boost their own self image or products.