I love how the author felt that he couldn't express his snobbish tastes on a train, so he wrote a whole article to name drop every esoteric book and play he wishes his audience to realize he's into.
[EDIT: Just finished reading the OP... From wikipedia Hubris: "a term used in modern English to indicate overweening pride, superciliousness, or arrogance, often resulting in fatal retribution or nemesis."
From OP: "An overgrown man-child and his precious collection can become a closed-loop co-dependency that functions as a moat"
I'm pretty sure that's a classic set up for Hubris? Well written piece methinks]