From the article, PG argues that the crazy idea should be taken seriously predicated on the person having deep domain expertise.
I don't think anyone with deep domain experience in banking would say "Who cares if someone gets my bank account info"
I don't think anyone with deep domain experience in banking would say "Who cares if someone gets my bank account info"
Depending on what you mean by "seriously". It's not that a crazy idea by a domain expert is certainly the future - but they might be right 1 out of 10 times, compared to a crazy idea by a nobody who might be right 1/1000. Given the potential large return of crazy ideas, it's worth the time to investigate in more detail.