The only time I heard Jeff Smith was in Stanford Podcast[1]. I listened to every podcast on Stanford (DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders lecture series) and particularly remember Jeff Smith because I thought he came out wrong from the talk. His statement "Palantir is evil" because they hired a guy who smule was trying to recruit. Seriously you are giving a talk to inspire future entrepreneurs and use that to bad mouth someone who is not even your competitor?

PS: I have no relationship with Palantir. It just really bothered me that someone would use that opportunity to bad another company.

[1]http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2992 (The point comes at the end as a reply to last question).