That seems like a really biased piece.

"If things get hot, it may be interesting to sic the Dark Enlightenment audience on a single vulnerable hostile reporter to dox them and turn them inside out with hostile reporting sent to their advertisers/friends/contacts," Mr. Srinivasan said in an email viewed by The New York Times, using a term, "Dark Enlightenment," that was synonymous with the neoreactionary movement.

It could be written in a less snarky tone but afaik it is at least factually accurate.

"Some people lead by loyalty and inspiration," said Nathalie McGrath, a Coinbase executive after Srinivasan's brief stint as CTO there. "Balaji leads by fear and by money."