Have you considered the possibility that they are not actually particularly bright or gifted but instead through a combination of circumstance, luck, a but of real work, and bullying prov-ado have created that perception of themselves in others?

Yes - blame men and only men. There are no female predators. Men cannot be sexually assaulted by women; only men can commit sexual assault.

What’s that? An over-privileged celebrity libertechbrotarian is a sexual predator? THIS MUST BE BIZARROWORLD

Some of the brightest and most gifted men I’ve worked with in tech are also some of the most emotionally stunted and misogynistic I’ve ever encountered. I’m actually a bit surprised that stuff like this doesn’t happen more often. A lot of these guys are full-on sociopaths.

Guys like this don’t fuck the willing for one or both of 2 reasons:

Christ...JUST FUCK THE WILLING.