You can argue that they aren't the top of the pyramid and I'd give you that, in exchange for the admission that the people working for FAANG, MANA, or whatever,

You can argue that they aren't the top of the pyramid and I'd give you that, in exchange for the admission that the people working for FAANG, MANA, or whatever, are certainly a cohort of smart people who's skills could have gone to basically anything else and humanity would have benefited for it.