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> If some random smart person put up the same article, everyone would congratulate them for at least the effort. Some 'random smart person' or 'some random not
by gist 5y ago
> If some random smart person put up the same article, everyone would congratulate them for at least the effort.
Some 'random smart person' or 'some random notable smart person'?
Perhaps what people react to is the implied wisdom and halo around PG. That creates the negativity. It's the 'he's achieved something therefore what is being said is notable'.
If PG wanted he could post same thoughts under some assumed name or blog (without having Trevor, Paul et all review first) and what people think.
Also he is not opining about an issue where his expertise in particular is anything special. What he has achieved in life (that creates the halo) is not related to what he is talking about. And even in what his area of expertise is (startups or programming) he is not even close to being right most of the time (maybe programming because that is more science than art).
- omarhaneef 5y agoI think there is something to what you say, but the "halo" isn't his problem. He should write as he pleases. He doesn't have to be an expert in what he writes. I mean from his own perspective (I assume, never met him, don't know him) he is just a regular person writing a regular article about something he found interesting. It is entirely the reader's problem if they put this extra pressure on his "implied wisdom and halo".