> Annoyed at all these N=1 articles from prominent thinkers about this stuff.

It's a transcript of a casual interview, not an article, and certainly not a publication whose purpose is to convey statistical rigor.

As an aside, it doesn't strike me as entitled that society might permit thinkers of academic renown to express their personal opinions in less than rigorous settings on subjects to which their peer-reviewed contributions may be categorized as "prominent".