Everyone has an opinion now.
That’s not the problem.
The problem is…
Everyone thinks their opinion is expertise.
How we got here
Access changed everything.
Anyone can:
- share advice
- build an audience
- sound confident
Without ever proving they know what they’re talking about.
And confidence?
Looks a lot like competence from the outside.
What you’re actually seeing online
You’re not seeing expertise.
You’re seeing:
- well-worded opinions
- simplified takes
- confident delivery
That’s enough to convince people.
Even when it shouldn’t be.
Why this works so well
Because certainty is persuasive.
If someone sounds sure, people assume they are.
Even if:
- they lack experience
- they haven’t done the thing
- they’re repeating something they heard
Delivery beats depth more often than it should.
The problem with that
It flattens everything.
Real expertise:
- takes time
- involves nuance
- includes uncertainty
But nuance doesn’t perform well.
So it gets removed.
What you’re left with
Simple answers to complex problems.
Advice that sounds good…
But doesn’t hold up.
Why this matters
Because it shapes how you see yourself.
You compare your real, messy, in-progress experience…
To someone else’s clean, confident take.
And assume you’re behind.
The truth about real expertise
It’s not loud.
It’s not constant.
It doesn’t try to comment on everything.
It’s specific.
Measured.
And often more cautious than you expect.
What confident non-experts sound like
- absolute
- certain
- always right
- never questioning
What real experts sound like:
- thoughtful
- precise
- aware of limits
- open to nuance
That difference matters.
The shift that changes everything
Stop asking:
“Do they sound confident?”
Start asking:
“Have they actually done this?”
Because experience is harder to fake.
What to pay attention to instead
- track record
- depth of thinking
- ability to explain nuance
- willingness to say “it depends”
That’s where real value is.
Why this helps you
It stops you from:
- blindly trusting everything you see
- comparing yourself unfairly
- undervaluing your own experience
Because you start seeing things more clearly.
If this hits, read this next
👉 https://beblunt.com/blogs/news/linkedin-is-lying-to-you
👉 https://beblunt.com/blogs/news/nobody-knows-what-they-are-doing
This is exactly why Blunt exists
We don’t pretend opinions are expertise.
We don’t simplify things just to sound good.
👉 https://beblunt.com/collections/all
Final thought
Confidence is easy to fake.
Experience isn’t.