Gates (and Page, Musk, Bezos, Zuckerburg, Kalanick, etc.) don&#x27;t <i>say</i> they&#x27;re more brilliant than everyone else, they act like it.  Rather than say they&#x27;re going to take over the world, they actually do it.<p>It&#x27;s a little fascinating to me that culturally, we look down upon people who talk about dominating their opponents, but look up to people who say nothing but actually do dominate their opponents.  But then, I suppose it fits with &quot;actions speak louder than words&quot;.