The audience he is aiming at is less judgmental people. If you believe that what you do is consequential you can say that. Obviously if you think your work is b

The audience he is aiming at is less judgmental people. If you believe that what you do is consequential you can say that. Obviously if you think your work is basically meaningless you won't talk like you care about it and think that it's important. Adding caveats and explanations that show you're not actually attempting to usurp social status some people may think you're not entitled to can be instrumentally useful but you can also just not engage with these people if you don't need to or you don't find it worth the cost. You don't always need to genuflect to your betters. Sometimes you can just baldly state who you are and what you believe in.