It is March and the lovely #EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "words".

John Brockman wrote some words. He also became a literary agent specializing in scientists. He brought big thinkers together. Brockman's literary dinners, held during the TED Conference, were, for a number of years after Jeffrey Epstein’s conviction, almost entirely funded by Epstein. Brockman, through dinners and salons hosted by his Edge Foundation, made the first introductions between Epstein and various scientists, including Seth Lloyd and Lisa Randall. Steven Pinker was convinced to fly on Epstein's private jet by Brockman.

John Brockman wrote some cynical words. Here's a dropquote puzzle with a snippet from one of his books, now available for free in the Epstein files:

I
N
N
T
Y

H
O
O
O

E
H
U

A
I
M
R

A
H
N
V

E
I
N
T
U

D
E
M

A
E
I
N
R

A
E
N
O
S

S
S

C
I
M
T

N
O
Y

I
N
T
Y

D
E
F
N
O

I
R
R
U

E
I
R
T
Y

E
I
O
S

N
O
T
U
W

D
N
O

I
R

D
N

Big thanks to the Wikipedia editors for the Brockman bio which I obviously copied from.

Hints:

The two-letter words, rot13'd: Yvar 1: ab, vf, zl. Yvar 2: ab, va. Yvar 4: ab, va.
First word of each line, rot13'd: ab, v, gur, ab, lbhe.

Solution: rot13'd:

ab zna vf zl sevraq.
v unir ab vagrerfg va
gur uhzna pbaqvgvba.
ab vagrerfg va lbh,
lbhe vqrnf, lbhe jbeqf.