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Ed sure looks like a PR person (ie paid liar, and his chosen career) who spotted an anti-tech market opportunity and is now confidently and loudly asserting a bunch of opinions. See, eg, lots of people on substack. People will happily pay to hear their beliefs echoed to them.

Having even minor amounts of skin in the game would make it a lot more likely he's sharing, well, actual beliefs not opportunistic opinions.

I also have never read any rationalist whatever you're complaining about and you're clearly attempting to discredit people who think Ed is probably just venal. I think you're the one who needs to touch grass here and spend less time on Twitter/x/threads/whatever has you so convinced everyone else is wasting time on them.