For a more serious critique: Lex attempts to portray the persona of public intellectual. The problem is that he’s not knowledgeable enough to pull it off.

You can be a lay person interviewing experts. In that case, you ask questions but don’t express much of an opinion, because it would be uninformed. Joe Rogan does a good job at this.

OR you can be an expert interviewing other experts. In this case, the dialog is more of a back-and-forth, with both people seeking a mutual understanding of the subject matter. Stephan Livera does this for Bitcoin and Austrian Economics well.

It’s OK to flip back and forth as the subject matter changes during the course of the discussion.

The problem with Lex is that he’s ignorant of his ignorance, and confidently so. He tries to have an opinion on content he doesn’t understand, so his arguments are tired and tedious.

If he had a better understanding of the limits of his own knowledge, then he might be endurable.