It's a half-joke. No need to take it that seriously or that jokingly. It's mostly only grifters and cryptocurrency scammers claiming it's amazing.
I think ideas from it will probably partially inspire future, simpler systems.
stevey already made $300K from cryptocurrency grift on Gas Town. Read his blog post about it.
It may be a joke in the same way that brogramming was a joke and somehow became an enduring tech bro stereotype