Perhaps so, but I also think this situation is less of an indictment upon academia than it is upon, say, bankers - which is basically what his career was, both

Perhaps so, but I also think this situation is less of an indictment upon academia than it is upon, say, bankers - which is basically what his career was, both before his crypto work, and during it. After all, it's not difficult to find an effective book teaching one to safely cross a road.