Colin, I'm curious about your take on the essay. I have to admit that while I did read it, I did not engage with it deeply because I felt that the author create

Colin, I'm curious about your take on the essay. I have to admit that while I did read it, I did not engage with it deeply because I felt that the author created strawman views, particularly with regards to the people mentioned and the "Lisp school of programming." Since I found the premises so confused, I didn't have the energy to disentangle the real point from them. (Part of my curiosity on your take comes from the fact that you commented on a similarly themed essay I wrote some time back.)