alt Hacker NewsI guess I am just in a different world here... I didn't realize the stakes were about who is the one who is gonna take up the mantle of having the platform and voice to make one argument or another, and I guess there is maybe some cultural context here I am missing.
Like I just don't know how to trace this almost moralistic fixation everyone has just about this particular guy.. Everyday we see articles exactly like his by different people (or at least I do), but none attract the same kind of distinct attention.
What even leads you to the concern? Like, why should we think he will be the one conquering the narrative here?
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I really don't understand your comment.
Zitron has become the poster boy for the "AI bubble". His hyperbolic claims make for good content, which I presume is why he gets such a large platform, but they pollute the dialog and make it harder for people to have meaningful conversations about what's going on.
Many discussions of the AI market largely mirror what he says. People who don't understanding basic accounting and who haven't taken the time to educate themselves making bombastic claims about 2008-style bubbles, fraud, etc.
So we end up with discussions like this: simple basic consolidation accounting is misread as fraud. Malinvestment using little to no leverage is predicted to produce financial crises that were caused by 10x and higher leverage. And so on.
So to answer your question ("why should we think he will be the one conquering the narrative here"): his claims already have.
> Everyday we see articles exactly like his by different people (or at least I do), but none attract the same kind of distinct attention.
Who else does a detailed financial breakdown like Zitron and thinks things are as corrupt/fishy as him (in particular make specific claims about certain unexplained sums of money)? All the articles I see ultimately just trace back to Zitron. Curious who else you've found.