Stephenson is such an insufferable fucking chud. All his heroes, without fail, are Rick and Morty-type, self-aggrandizing testaments to the importance of a liberal education.
It's a fucking wonder that Stephenson didn't become a tech CEO life coach, or TED Talk bloviator, or Wired hagiographer of this century's guilded morons.
Actually, that last one is exactly what he became.
