First, I disagree with the premise that you cannot criticize articles in the comments. That's what they are for, after all! My delivery could've been more refined, and maybe my comment was as unnecessarily angry, I still fully stand by its contents.

The whole article is a giant ad for the guy's management consulting gig. It contains a mishmash of far eastern mysticism, self-help nonsense, political signaling, all of which have nothing to do with developing software, even though the article suggests otherwise.

Mental health is important, and each of us lets off steam in their own ways, but to claim that the aforementioned things give you product development superpowers is the exact same mental jump as claiming a particularly fancy (and maybe religiously/spiritually meaningful) piece of jewellery has healing powers. It is quackery, the enemy of every skilled professional.

My delivery could have been refined as well - I don’t mind criticism per se, only when it’s angry and comes off as mean. To some extent I do believe in public praise and private criticism, but less so when an author links their own work like they did here.