I came across this several days ago, and it failed to make any impression on me. What's the point of this article? Sam Altman is arguing that democracy doesn'

I came across this several days ago, and it failed to make any impression on me. What's the point of this article? Sam Altman is arguing that democracy doesn't work without growth, and hence the government should be trying to promote and measure growth. Mencius is arguing that the government should manufacture busy work for people to do. Because there's no other viable solution. But he says it will never happen. So the whole article seems pointless to me. I have read Mencius's blog because he had a good article on the state of CS research. But it is becoming increasingly discursive and low on utility. Also I think the title is basically link bait. It doesn't have anything to do with anything; it is basically name dropping for no reason.