This is a very long article I read a while ago. Basically says everyone is dumb and you’re relatively smart if you flatter everyone.

motherjones.com/…/i-called-everyone-in-jeffrey-ep…

AI summary below:

I Called Everyone in Jeffrey Epstein’s Little Black Book (Mother Jones, Oct 2020 Highlights from the article: The “Pseudo-Intellectual” Trap: The journalist notes that many of the world’s most “brilliant” people—scientists, politicians, and billionaires—were lured in by Epstein simply because they were flattered.

The “Mediocrity” of the Elite: The article reinforces the idea that Epstein wasn’t a mastermind so much as a “social climber” who realized that rich people are often bored and looking for the next “smart” person to validate them, making them remarkably easy targets.