Yes, Ausbit, I feel the same way. Pierce always seemed to be pushing the wrong message as to what EOS and the other Larimer projects were all about.
That said, Oliver is a slime ball and this article has it completely right that he was being handed this as a hit job. It tells me there is real fear of these projects -- EOS, STEEM, BitShares. They fundamentally threaten the main pillars of financial and social control -- social media and networking (STEEM), internet OS-layer services (EOS), Foreign Exchange and brokerage services (BitShares).
They have Bitcoin bound down with futures contracts wagging the fucking dog. Now it's time to go after the real threats.
Out of curiosity. What about Pierce's message did you disagree with?
I have been following EOS's releases since conception and Pierce's messages always resonated with me and seemed very much aligned (though expanded) with the fundamentals of Larimer and Blumer.