This is a simplistic and reductive reading of "steering the ship." What if she said "govern"? It would mean exactly the same thing, yet it would also be a tauto

This is a simplistic and reductive reading of "steering the ship." What if she said "govern"? It would mean exactly the same thing, yet it would also be a tautology and you'd have nothing to complain about. The piece is very directly about the problem of thinking about this in a more sophisticated yet concrete way. Please read it!