Fair point. Using the word "mean" was a poor choice. There may still have been essay worth writing, but it should have been called "Petty people fail." Or he co

Fair point. Using the word "mean" was a poor choice. There may still have been essay worth writing, but it should have been called "Petty people fail." Or he could have titled the essay "Assholes fail" and focused the argument on that. Or he could have titled the essay "Bad/unethical people fail" and argued that angle. But choosing "mean", which connotes both petty and asshole, makes the argument much more unclear.