That's a bit harsh. The iPhone and its ilk have clearly done both: revolutionise information and connectivity, as you say, AND introduced entire generations to

That's a bit harsh. The iPhone and its ilk have clearly done both: revolutionise information and connectivity, as you say, AND introduced entire generations to rampant consumerism. Whether or not one outweighs the other, or whether the latter is all that bad, is a different discussion. But just because you have a different perspective than he does is no reason to attack him for it.