He is an entirely elite driven phenomena, and the fact that he is so great at enthralling powerful idiots is going to be the next big battle after Trump finally dies. Spreading the Hanania mind virus is dangerous and the people that do it are not as immune as they think.

I'm just bewildered. So much time and money being dumped into these projects, when basic social-IQ could have delivered better perspectives and solutions.

Are there any good studies on the apparent social stunting of these individuals? I want to understand how they became like this.

Negative cognitive impact at societal scale.