[jeffadotio]

The article seems to miss the concept of criticizing an idea without criticizing the individual. This approach is ineffective as a means of communication. It just looks like mud-slinging and it always comes off as a defense mechanism. Even when one is genuinely interested in addressing the issue this obscures that intent.

Edit: Also, thank you for posting the text. I came to the comments hoping this had been done.

[enneff]

Sorry, where is the OP critiquing the individual? I can't see it.

[justin66]

Seventies-era Xerox PARC cultivated a deliberately confrontational environment for its researchers. They managed to accomplish some great things.

[kondro]

"They managed to accomplish some great things" in spite of being jerks to each other.

Imagine what they could've accomplished if they had empathy and were collegial with each other.

[Gibbon1]

When you consider, other people took their ideas and build companies worth hundreds of billions out of them, but they themselves didn't. hmmm...

[fogetti]

Where was he criticizing the individual? I can't find it in the text