Does Playing Fast Make You a Better Guitarist? Ask the Pros

Links to the articles I referenced and quoted from. Please read them they are great.

https://guitar.com/features/why-playing-fast-shouldnt-matter/

https://breakthroughguitar.com/speed-doesnt-make-a-great-guitarist-this-does/

Speed can certainly be a flashy element used in guitar playing. But is it the measure of a good guitar player? Does being able to play all the arpeggios and sweep picking and alternate picking really separate the pros from the amateurs? What about other things like dynamics, rythym playing, negative space to name a few. And more importantly with the rise of social media and the persistent videos what is that doing to the mentality of people still learning to play? Maybe put another way is why are you using speed? What does it accomplish?