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# I'm An Expert. Don't Trust Me.
- URL: https://www.philsimon.com/im-an-expert-dont-trust-me/
- Published: 2013-07-10T14:07:18.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-29T20:38:14.000Z
- Description: What do Seinfeld, Breaking Bad, Rush, and Stephen King have in common?
- Author: Phil Simon
- Tags: Trends, Breaking Bad, Rush, Seinfeld

"An expert is a man who has stopped thinking - he knows!"

–Frank Lloyd Wright

Should we trust experts?

On June 13th, I gave the keynote at [TechCocktail Week in Las Vegas, NV](https://tech.co/event/tech-cocktail-week-sessions-speaker-series-downtown-vegas-june-2013?ref=philsimon.com). In my 26-minute talk, I ist a slew of examples about how experts are often wrong. The experts dismissed the ultimate success of Apple, the PC, *Seinfeld*, *Breaking Bad*, Rush, Stephen King, and myriad others.

Here's the video of the talk: