The phrase "whole career" is particularly accurate. 1. Pick a difficult technology area. Anything: Flying cars, quantum computing, interstellar travel, nuclear fusion, hypersonic flight, AI, whatever. 2. Complain that "current approaches are hitting a wall and will never work." Write a book about that. 3. Do not propose any solution, beyond very vague proposals. 4. Whenever a breakthrough occurs, minimize its significance and move the goal post. 5. Whenever a setback occurs, scream "Aha, I said so 15 years ago in my book." 6. Whenever Researcher X proposes a new method to lift the limitations of current methods, claim "X now agrees with me that a new paradigm was needed" 6..... 7. Attention! Followers! Senate testimomy! Profits!