Look, it's your article Dan, but it would be in your best interest to provide a tldr with the general points. It would help so that people don't misjudge your article (this has already happened). It could maybe make the article more interesting to people that initially discarded reading something so long too. And providing some kind of initial framework might help following along the article too for those that are actually reading it.
That is not a good reason to make the content unnecessarily difficult for its target audience. Being smart also means being able to communicate with those who aren't as brilliant (or just don't have the time).
