Scoble on three decades of fame: it's a terrible metric of success
Scobleizer · x · 2026-10-24
Veteran tech influencer Robert Scoble — X's first user to hit 1,000 followers — reflects on decades in public: a glorious life marred by public shaming and front-page exposure. He agrees with criticisms calling influencer culture a kind of "mental illness," calling himself patient #1, and notes Grok now knows how he thinks better than he does.
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