I believe there is a similar thing happening with people's beliefs about aviation safety. I think people understand it's generally safe, but I don't think most people realize how incredibly safe major US airlines are. The media plays a similar role there too, the difference being that some years there aren't even any crashes to report on, so they report when something goes wrong but everyone comes out safely anyway as if that's something to be scared of when really that highlights how good emergency procedures are.
I'm a big fan of naps and finding place to sleep for 20 min outside your own home or office is really difficult - harder than finding a place for a phone call or a run or to plug in your laptop or have a conversation with people.
Interacting with robots is often easier and simpler than interacting with people. Now that AI is on the cusp of being able to replace not just manual workers, but knowledge workers of all types, even those service jobs that have always seemed safe in the face of automation are in danger of dying out. Especially in light of evidence like this that people actually prefer robots to humans in many of those situations.
This relates to the idea that certain hours of your day are more valuable than others. If you want to spend your time wisely, you should first make sure you're wasting the most valuable time. If you're a coffee drinker, the hours after drinking it are probably the most valuable of your day - when you're most motivated, productive, and focused. So you should use those hours for what your value most, whether that's writing, learning, working out, etc. And then save other activities like cleaning, watching TV, or commuting for times when you're not feeling so sharp.
So the article makes sense in recommending different activities for different people - it just reflects their priorities.
Yet another former lawyer here, current engineer/PM. I agree with many of the already stated reasons why a career in tech beats lawyering, but what really did it for me was wanting to do something for myself instead of always just being somebody's lawyer.
Once I made the switch I realized the joys of building a tangible product that users get to know and love.