It's disturbing how grown adults are so enamored with celebrities. Dude was a podcaster who talked a good game, nothing more.
I don't think dudes have lived enough where they haven't run in to dudes who talk a lot. Then you realize, it's just talk. Dude in jail is still just talking. It's a con, he might even believe it and convinced themselves. They tell you everything you should be doing in your life, but don't follow it in their own.
Dude is in jail thinking he's better than the other inmates and has more self-awareness, because he read a couple of books. Look at the opportunities he had for legit money. And the reason he lost it all. Who is the bigger fool?