As opposed to the rampant _passive aggression_ that permeates every discussion and meeting of every workplace.

This entire comments section is exemplary of the industry at large. We're doing fucking _engineering work_ "professionally" and the bitching is 50:1 on his tone versus his actual ideas.

The entire professional class has been brought to its knees by a culture that demands we tiptoe around everyone's insecurities.

Things would be substantially more productive if boardroom meetings allowed more definitive responses than "We'll circle back to that later". This is the other extreme.

I hear you, the tone might be too much to some. But it's also part of what makes it so fresh and almost a McSweeney's article.

You're correct.

It would be so much bolder and more mature if he threatened to run with scissors or hold his breath until he turned blue ;)

He may have some good points but might be more detracting than helping them stick.