Well the smartest talents of the previous generations built and exploded hundreds of nuclear weapons including a couple on innocent civilians, created ICBMs that can destroy civilization in a few minutes and created situations that brought the world to a brink several times, drove a massive population explosion anda fossil fuel consumption binge that may yet destroy civilization.

So I definitely think the smartest of more recent generations who are employing their skills in these software hacks and ad tracking are perhaps saintly in comparison :-)