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by baxtr 372 days ago
How can someone so smart become a hype machine? I can’t wrap my head around it. Maybe he had the opportunity to learn from someone he worked closely with?
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> How can someone so smart become a hype machine? I can’t wrap my head around it.

Maybe they didn't, and it's just your perception.

Probably true.
Maybe you haven't seen the frontier and envisioned the possibilities?
Maybe the emperor wears no clothes. I'll believe it when I see it.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." --Upton Sinclair