> They've also written an article about reflection in Rust[...]
> Rust members were "uncomfortable" with this purely technical viewpoint [...].
As I understand their own words (your link), they wrote the article, were invited to talk, and decided to talk about the content of the article and related things (because that’s what they had been working on recently and you generally give talks about things you work on).
Not making a value judgment, just want to point out the connection is less indirect than your comment implies.
