The author is not making these arguments. Look: > This might be a bad plan [...] But I emphasize that I know nothing and I’m just parroting the opinions of oth

The author is not making these arguments. Look: > This might be a bad plan [...] But I emphasize that I know nothing and I’m just parroting the opinions of others. If you're posting about how these plans aren't accurate, you've missed the point. The author is making a broader observation, that you can conceive of plans that actually benefit from secrecy, and lead to all sorts of interesting human behavior. The particulars are irrelevant, it's about how the parts fit together.