Tao has yet to produce work that outshines those whose work he studied and memorized. Not worth the reverence merely being a VHS copy of history.

He's a typical person otherwise, politically aware of how he barters for food; until proven otherwise this can be seen as little more than social moat defense.

To paraphrase a quote attributed to Upton Sinclair; hard to get a worker to understand something when their paycheck relies on them not understanding it.

The only interesting thing here is the frogs high up admitting they feel the heat.