It's complicated. Not all macro thinkbois are good and many do use it as a grift to get that paycheck. Idk these days i only really listen to the macro thinkgirlz like nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a as it's pretty pointless to trade broken markets, just bitcoin and chill.
It's amazing how many "smart" people are completely financially retarded, then a lot of 80-iq plebs like myself who might be perceived as being on the other end of the financial spectrum.
Intelligence is a really really broad umbrella to cast when there are so many topics to cover. Sometimes people are extremely disproportionally "smart" on one topic while completely retarded on another. Just because macro thinkbois can do research doesn't mean they can invest well. One of the hardest lessons i've had to learn is you can do all the research in the world on a topic and think you know everything but completely fuck up by trying to time markets with an entry or exit.
Which is why bitcoin is so beautiful. If you truly understand it you'll realize it's a one-way door.