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Always been this way, no? Sometimes, though, the imbeciles hire very competent people
It's much worse now. Some of these people actually did impressive things earlier in the 21st century. Now they're 90% grifters
It’s always been 90% grifters. Survivorship bias
Well, yes, but there was also a lot of bullshit that we simply dont remember because it disappeared after the great purge that was the internet bubble pop
90% is very generous.