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It didn't read like a Twitter 37/355 thread, but it didn't sound a bit old-fashioned to me — unless reasonably formal English is hopelessly out-of-date now.

I get the feeling the person that wrote it is not of the generation many here are.

I really enjoyed the style personally (millennial...).

Hmm, funny how as a non-native speaker, it didn't strike me as having a particularly notable style.

Yes the style is overly complex. It distract from the message.

It feel like the opposite of a PG essay.

All that's sticking out to me is a lack of contractions and overly formal or dramatic text, but probably because it's written as a letter to someone.

The writer may himself be far from young.

It is mentioned that this letter was commentary in a hearing with the CEOs of BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific. I imagine they wanted to use a more formal style to address these business leaders.