You have restated the stated goal of the talk, but personally I didn't find him convincing. Behind his stated argument was a lot of snobbery directed against th

You have restated the stated goal of the talk, but personally I didn't find him convincing. Behind his stated argument was a lot of snobbery directed against those he clearly dislikes. I prefer if the tone of a insult matches the content, I don't like politely worded sneers which he comes across as advocating in favor of. This whole business of "civilization can tolerate well educated cunning self interested liars better than it can rabble" is not a super familiar argument because it's not convincing or polite to make it.