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title: "Being Smart has no Value"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/being-smart-has-no-value-fayi8o4uc
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpRlKhLCxw
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source: "ThePrimeTime"
published: 2026-07-05T13:30:03.411Z
updated: 2026-07-05T13:30:40.461Z
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# Being Smart has no Value

**[ThePrimeTime](https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A provocative take arguing that raw intelligence has lost its value in the current tech landscape, touching on AI's impact on traditional skills like system design interviews, the struggles of open-source projects, and why some projects like TLDraw have closed public contributions. Uses YC founders and Stanford CS graduates as reference points to question whether conventional markers of technical smartness still matter.

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