I agree with you that the mood affiliation of the field agrees with what you say. Taleb agrees with you as well. I'm also agreeing with Taleb that the specific

I agree with you that the mood affiliation of the field agrees with what you say. Taleb agrees with you as well. I'm also agreeing with Taleb that the specific facts don't support Piketty, yet no one even discusses them. They just appeal to the zeitgeist. Somehow Piketty can survive Taleb and Rognlie knocking down what he asserts to be his core claims, as well as Milanovic showing that his work is hopelessly myopic (Piketty mentions Balzac and Jane Austen more than China and India). Specific facts don't matter, only the mood does.