Why did you quote that line, of all the lines in the article? What does "swipe" mean to you? Who is subsumed by this weird monolith of "successful people", an

Why did you quote that line, of all the lines in the article? What does "swipe" mean to you? Who is subsumed by this weird monolith of "successful people", and how is it that academics avoided being included? Why is "downplaying hard work" something you think this article does? Do you seriously think that claiming many "prominent heroes" did not succeed because of personal brilliance is the same as the claim that personal brilliance is never a factor in [business] success? Whatever "economic independence" means to you, why do you think you have it? Do you think everyone has it?