This article irritates me. It seems like trying to apply the equivalent of the Waterfall Method to life. I'm perpetually disappointed that ideas like this have such a big following here, because I like to think that most HNers would agree with me when I say that I think the Waterfall Method was stupid even at the time.

That's without even getting into the smug "only 5% of the population is smart enough to understand me" drivel.