For those of you looking for a tl;dr version, here's a quote that gives you the general tone: We live in a rabidly anti-elitist society that is also in slack-j

For those of you looking for a tl;dr version, here's a quote that gives you the general tone: We live in a rabidly anti-elitist society that is also in slack-jawed, slavish thrall to elites, and it’s no joke to try to maintain homeostasis between “Look at me!” and “Who, me?” I'm trying to remember who it was that once talked about judging a community by two things: its actual behavior, and what it holds up as ideal behavior. I think it's actually a good thing that society started to hold up as an ideal the idea of being humbled by success. I found the superior, smug tone of the article annoying. Some attempt at sounding more humble would have produced a better article.