Here is the paper in which he develops the idea (I have not read it, just the Scientific American interview):
Pirational Choice: The Economics of Infamous Pirate Practices
linca: Because the problem with Orwellian speech is not its use as propaganda, easily recognisable as such, but but when indeed its formulations and simplifications become part of common discourse, orienting thoughts its way.
Here I think you are presuming people guilty until proven innocent of being intellectually compromised by corporate buzz speak. I believe the burden of proof goes the other way around. Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.
I'll also note that the author is a member of the Georges Mason University Department of Economics, which was heavily funded by right wing fundations. Giving a bit more of that Orwellian vibe. Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères