He's talking about human-computer interaction paradigms, not computing paradigms. He's not a general computing expert, he's a UI/UX expert.
"Batch computing" in this context refers to the era of punch cards, needing to wait for results overnight, and the difficulty of editing pre-existing programs -- and how all of that utterly dictated the style of interaction one had with computers.
Yep, I was aware of the difference before I made my original comment. There's still something ironic and interesting about it to me. Can't quite put my finger on it, though.
"Batch computing" in this context refers to the era of punch cards, needing to wait for results overnight, and the difficulty of editing pre-existing programs -- and how all of that utterly dictated the style of interaction one had with computers.