my problem with this theory I can only explain in my own terms

my problem is that this perspective confuses together individuals and systems

no great men exist in isolation, some name takes most of the credit but they're all but a sum of their circumstances, which in all cases include other top people who never get to be as famous

strict clarity of this is extra important now that fully autonomous 'systems' are taking off, which makes them even more likely to be confused with individuals:

who invented the slate-computer (smartphone): Apple Corporation

then a whole history of apple as if they were a person whose father as another person called Steve Jobs (and their mother was Steve W?) or whatever