I didn't have a lot of respect for David Girard before this, and this essay really made me certain: David Girard is not very sharp. I revisited a few of Vitalik's recent essays and in all honesty believe they're lucid[1] and content-rich[2] even when he strays outside his domain of specialization[3].
Girard seems like a mid-tier but highly-focused motivated reasoner[4] who is working on a specific brand of anti-tech journalism. Nothing to see here really, even if you dislike crypto and Vitalik's projects.
Girard seems like a mid-tier but highly-focused motivated reasoner[4] who is working on a specific brand of anti-tech journalism. Nothing to see here really, even if you dislike crypto and Vitalik's projects.
[1]: https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/09/09/ens.html
[2]: https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/08/04/zkevm.html
[3]: https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/07/13/networkstates.html
[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivated_reasoning