It being "common knowledge" that 90% of his backstory is fictional and he was actually a pretty low end forger that was frequently caught until he figured lying

It being "common knowledge" that 90% of his backstory is fictional and he was actually a pretty low end forger that was frequently caught until he figured lying about the lies he told was a better grift hasn't stopped the tech industry from continuing to fawn all over him as if he's a knowledgeable and inspirational person e.g https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22042279 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22042279 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15793045 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15793045