And the people that fawn all over every single word they say think they'll eventually have the same money as well. But in the end they'll just be dumber.

> Technologists used to be smart

but were they, as a whole, ever wise?

The problem is that we have made the latter condition an alias for the former.

Redefining competence and intelligence as "ability to make money" has done untold damage to American society.

Venture capitalists have never been smart and have always had money