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Did Eric Schmidt go nuts with age, or was he always this insane?

• AlanYx 2y ago
  Throughout the whole talk he's using an alternatively flippant/hyperbolic speaking style that probably has been effective for him in the past when addressing high-level non-technical policymakers. He speaks to their policy/strategic insecurities about technological change and conveys a sense of inflated urgency. It probably wasn't the right tone for this audience though. But it's a style of rhetoric that's probably intentional.