The speaker, a YouTuber with 10-11 years of experience, shares that despite being treated as a social media expert, he doesn't feel like one and often feels out of place at conferences and meetings with successful businesspeople. He then presents a satirical guide on "how to sound smarter than you really are" by:
1. Dressing well to appear smart
2. Using complex vocabulary and pretending to be knowledgeable about any topic
3. Making your job sound more important than it is
4. Hanging out with people less intelligent than you
5. Pretending to appreciate art to appear cultured
6. Talking about politics, even if you don't know much about it, and agreeing with others to avoid sounding uninformed
The speaker concludes by questioning what it means to be "smart" and pointing out that everyone has different skills and areas of expertise.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, without opinions:
1. The speaker has been on YouTube for almost 11 years.
2. The speaker is a college dropout.
3. The speaker is 26 years old.
4. The speaker has attended business conferences and meetings where they were asked for their expertise on social media.
5. The speaker has been asked to give advice on how to start a YouTube channel.
6. The speaker mentions that they have to deal with people who think they are experts in social media, despite not knowing much about it.
7. The speaker shares a tip on how to appear smarter by using words that people don't use often.
8. The speaker mentions that using a thesaurus can help to sound smarter.
9. The speaker gives examples of how to make a job sound more important than it really is.
10. The speaker mentions that it's 2017 and everyone is working, implying that being unemployed is not common.
11. The speaker talks about the importance of dressing well to appear smart.
12. The speaker mentions that smart people always want to know what you do and make their job sound important.
13. The speaker gives an example of how to make a simple job sound more important.
14. The speaker shares a tip on how to sound smart when discussing politics by agreeing with the other person.
15. The speaker mentions that some people think Donald Trump has helped the economy since he became president.
16. The speaker mentions that Barack Obama is not eligible to run for president again because it's his final term.