This article is in the mania phase of the classic economic bubble chart: lots of grandiose visionary statements ("a new paradigm!") with very little in the way of substantiated argument grounded in reality.
I think the main problem is the author is extrapolating their personal experience as though it was a universal experience. I can say for a fact that that is not a universal experience. I personally do not share some of these experiences. Especially the part about summarizing.