The article describes, almost perfectly, the condition of being a productive enterprise within a capitalist free-market in which you are subject to competition.

The article describes, almost perfectly, the condition of being a productive enterprise within a capitalist free-market in which you are subject to competition. What is striking is how, for observers within the tech-industry, this is perceived as a peculiar and inexplicable state of affairs, almost as if an alien creature has materialized through a portal into an alternate universe.