He's probably the only one, it's a surprise they haven't ostracised him already. (Btw your response is close to step #3 on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14838148 :P )

At least Vitalik & Gavin Woods in combination with Joe Lubin (Consensys & Ethereum Foundation) keep pushing it without any talks about reality, but just sell unproven future ideas while they train people and manufacture ICOs (less so after the SEC) and sell Ethereum to dumb enterprise that drunk the cool-aid.