> Never meet your heroes is just great advice, same as it ever was.

I respectfully disagree. I do meet my heroes, I just don't expect them to have an aura of benevolence or to be kind.

What I've learned from meeting my heroes is that they are humans too, but don't necessarily need to be humane, and sometimes they are just that wonder trait they have and that's all.

I would, for example, like to meet Elon Musk but I don't expect him to drink tea with me and spend the whole afternoon rambling about tech. He's busy, I don't even expect him to shower regularly or whatever. He's probably focused on higher priorities, 100% signal, no noise (and yes, that includes preserving humanity by having multiple children as much as he can, going to Mars, etc.).