Ah, I see. Yeah, I wouldn't accuse him of that. I was taking the "reality distortion field" talk to refer to the cultlike status Job's fandom reached at its pe

Ah, I see. Yeah, I wouldn't accuse him of that. I was taking the "reality distortion field" talk to refer to the cultlike status Job's fandom reached at its peak, where the "famous for being famous" effect came into play. I don't think he qualifies as a con man, and I don't think he claimed personal credit for the inventions of others (he never "took the initiative and invented the internet" like Al Gore).