I agree with your comment. They are crazy..
When I first stumbled across these types I was bemused: Thiel, Yarvin, Land. The list goes on and on..it is a type: Eliezer Kudkowsky, Balaji Srinivasan..
I don’t know how smart they are, but the formula is roughly: computers, general tech bro lunacy, outlandish ideas that never take and pompousness. Largely boring people though definitely there is a trainwreck quality there which is eye-popping:
https://readthis.wtf/writing/nick-land-an-experiment-in-inhumanism/
I have my doubts about the smartness of this type. I have been fortunate enough to know some actually smart scientists and they are nothing like this.
It is a type I especially avoid since here and there we share a small number of interests: I too like weed/psychedelics and scifi. I don’t like to associate those things with these guys 
. The best thing I know about Elon Musk is that he likes weed. Otoh it is also the worst thing I know about weed ;-/…
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