1337toothbrush posted...
"A normal person could easily mistake his rambling train wrecks of thought for a crackpots ravings, but influential Silicon Valley billionaires regard him as a genius."
That's because those silicon valley billionaires are crackpots. The only difference between them and some raving crackpot on the street is a lot of money.
I read it more like how people regard Bobby Fisher as a genius. Its more about them being a genius in one thing (investments and tech start ups for this guy) and not the crazy shit they say.