I didn't respect people who practiced self-promotion without putting in the effort needed to have tangible substance. Go be someone that's just not word alone. But now that I see the world for how it really is, I was naive. You can't expect to competence to get you anywhere in this supercritical world. The ones on top are just those above average levels of self marketing. Intelligence is about realizing that you play that game too. You can be the best player because unlike self glorified professionals you are an actual subject expert. You have foundation to stand on. Foundation to last. You can destroy any structure with right kinds of questions, question no one else asks. No one else can answer.