Agreed. If an article defines a word clearly and does not pick meanings in an intentionally missleading way I do not see the value in talking semantics. The definition used in this article is common enough even of it is not my personal definition of what I think being successful is.

Yet definitions are paramount. If we don't know what we are talking about, there is no point in talking.

But we do know what we are talking about, because it was clarified in the article.

And yet semantics like that drive massive influence over civilization — it builds into the rhetoric and narratives people affix their instincts upon.

So, there’s value in observing them.