"It's [his popularity is] because he writes short articles that usually make sense on the surface and so people read him because they think it will make them rich."
PG was rich before he was known as a writer. Spolsky and the 37signals crowd more than likely would have been rich either way, just not near as quickly.
I 100% agree for Tim Ferriss and that pile of shit, vapor peddling, scam fuck, Robert Kiyosaki.
"It's [his popularity is] because he writes short articles that usually make sense on the surface and so people read him because they think it will make them rich."