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Broadly true but in a marketplace overrun with all sorts of ideas filtering out people who engage in acts or behavior you find abhorrent can be a useful filter for ideas to consider.

Or to put it another way, have you sat through a timeshare pitch to evaluate if the idea is good or bad?

Agree in principle, but some people mistakenly believe that because a wealthy person did something and succeeded, regardless of the cost or externalities, it must have been a good idea.

Why "but"? You are agreeing with the previous comment, right?

It’s more nuanced than that. Not all ideas neatly fit into “good ideas” or “bad ideas.” Sometimes they’re a mix of both, or someone has a good idea, poorly executed.

That's why I said it should inspire skepticism. I take it as a cue to take a closer look.