> I still think a poverty of exposure and experience in the history of philosophy and literature on the part of his audience is the only reason he gets any sort

> I still think a poverty of exposure and experience in the history of philosophy and literature on the part of his audience is the only reason he gets any sort of readership. That and people who hero-worship him for his role in YC and some of his other previous business and/or technical work and assume everything he does is valuable because of that.