>What better précis of his efforts' market value? I don't think that's what it is. I think it's pandering thinly disguised as gratitude and pedigree. Otherwi

>What better précis of his efforts' market value? I don't think that's what it is. I think it's pandering thinly disguised as gratitude and pedigree. Otherwise stated, I think he wants us to believe that the market values his work, but I don't believe it actually does. That's the "scummy marketing" bit. And to be clear this is all intuitive. I can't point to a single thing and say "see? that's proof positive.", but the overall impression I'm left with is very, very negative. Taken in the context of his shoddy writing and "fronting" in the photograph, it suggests a kind of person I truly have trouble appreciating. I'd love to be wrong about this, though. The point is that the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts, and my visceral reaction is quite strong and quite negative. At the very least, this guy presents poorly, which is problematic for someone in his line of work.