this article reads like a bunch of personal anecdotes and off-the-cuff theorizing about subjects for which the writer doesn't really have any formal background,

this article reads like a bunch of personal anecdotes and off-the-cuff theorizing about subjects for which the writer doesn't really have any formal background, trying to hide behind the writer's good writing skills (indeed, this person's about page is that they run a writing course and it looks like they write about just about everything: "My essays cross between topics like travel, culture, media, marketing, and technology. "). We all have lots of off the cuff theories, anecdotes, and impressions of the world around us, that's great! I've got plenty. But I certainly wouldn't hoist them on everyone with blog posts, as though average informal musings about a random subject are adding some above-and-beyond value to the subject.