I think Scott addresses that critique in the article:<p>HHIPP: “Radical candor is humble, it’s helpful, it’s immediate, it’s in person — in private if it’s criticism and in public if it’s praise — and it doesn’t personalize.” That last P makes a key distinction: “My boss didn’t say, ‘You&#x27;re stupid.’ She said, ‘You sounded stupid when you said um.’ There&#x27;s a big difference between the two.”