I don't think the author of this article understands how change happens. Gates and Lewinskis talks (and others) are given as examples of talks that changed noth

I don't think the author of this article understands how change happens. Gates and Lewinskis talks (and others) are given as examples of talks that changed nothing, but they were both extra impetus to shifts that were already happening. Meanwhile countervailing forces push the opposite way. Like rowing against the tide, change does happen but effects can be subtle or take a long time. E.g. Maybe without that Gates talk, some butterfly effect would have meant we waited another six months for covid vaccines. Without the Lewinski talk, maybe some slightly different shift of public mood would have seen Weinstein aquited.