I'm torn on whether to provide the following feedback/critique since it doesn't really respond to the substance of the points put forward in this post, but I feel it can't be ignored: there is something ironic, off-putting and hypocritical about a person whose primary occupation is writing, podcasting and running a writing school penning an article about how most people are working on piddling matters and that everyone should be focused on energy, education, housing, healthcare, and transportation. Does the claim that everyone is working on trivial matters apply to the author as well? If it doesn't, then apparently it is not the case that most people are working on trivial matters...in which case one core assertion of the article is undermined, no?

To be sure, my critique is mostly directed at form and tact. It is one thing to say: "we have really stagnated on energy, education, housing, healthcare, and transportation and need to double down on it. How can we incentivize more people to focus on these problems?" and quite another to say "Most people are working on trivial matters and/or pretending to be busy."