Great essay Simon. But that other Sam in the news lately had a lot of followers as well. And don't get me started on Trump's followers. With Larry Summers now on it, it seems their cluelessness is in no danger. Is leadership about keeping your governing board clueless? Note my 2 cents on the dust-up at OpenAI: https://medium.com/@daneke/it-is-a-thing-thing-openai-artificial-general-intelligence-and-the-emergence-of-alien-life-on-432877b548c3