I started reading and listening to Ed after "The Man Who Killed Google Search" but grew tired of him ranting on and on about a technology that "brings no value to the world" while I use it to great effect many times every single day (LLMs).

Yeah, he's a lunatic and/or grifter for that and many other reasons

Serious question – what’s the grift?

Ad revenue from podcasts? Building up a personal brand to monetize in arbitrary ways later?

He’s flogging a paid newsletter.