FWIW, this is only marginally worse than your standard 'industry award' in that he had the nerve to give it to himself. Pretty much every industry has a boatload of meaningless awards. It is done largely for marketing and for 'social engineering'[1]. It is cheap (both in cost and tact) but effective.

[1] Curries favor with the awardees, creates an 'in group' etc...

Feynman spoke at length on the shallowness of awards.

>epaulets, uniform, position: it has nothing to do with something intrinsic of that person.

I see someone that listened to Hidden Brain last week!

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/25/697641324/better-than-cash-ho...

When you have the chance to fulfill your childhood wet dreams fantasy you go for it. Those fake claps, the huge bouquet, beautiful ladies...

Placebos work even when you tell people they’re placebos.

I’m sure he went to bed proud pulling all that off. It still looks like a lot of work.

why is this strange. that's what they do all the time with tech giants who die :D how some awkward old videos and rejoice that they took everyones money for hardly any effort :D