He often has a lot of good points, but it's not enough when assuming a pivotal role in society. You cannot just be right 60% of the time, because 40% people leftover is far too much. It's saddenning for instance, PA had valueable goals, but if the design assumes hardware that doesn't exist (exagerating) then it's not a good fit for a standard audio stack.

And I'm not sure it's really ego.. I'd rate him at about 0.07geohots.