The article is not anti metric it's pro imperial units for the things that imperial units are good for. Nassim Taleb makes the exact same argument in his lates

The article is not anti metric it's pro imperial units for the things that imperial units are good for. Nassim Taleb makes the exact same argument in his latest book Anti Fragile. Imperial units can be used and understood by people who can't even read. Metric units are not necessarily bad and has all kinds of important aspect. But we geeks shouldn't force it on the rest of the world, just to satisfy our geek sensibilities.