Author here. People seem to be applying a lot of very different interpretations to this. Which means I either did a good job or a bad job, depending on your feelings about ambiguity.
For clarity, I wrote this 3 years ago after a conversation with an elderly man who asked me why his son was so angry. He'd heard I was a programmer and he told me his son was a programmer and he felt convinced the work was the root of the problem.
I put forward the theory here with a characteristic lack of tact or sensitivity. The next day I wrote it up and forgot about it until now.
So contextually, it was very much about mental health.
For clarity, I wrote this 3 years ago after a conversation with an elderly man who asked me why his son was so angry. He'd heard I was a programmer and he told me his son was a programmer and he felt convinced the work was the root of the problem.
I put forward the theory here with a characteristic lack of tact or sensitivity. The next day I wrote it up and forgot about it until now.
So contextually, it was very much about mental health.