That was my thought too. At the risk of being snarky, I read this article as: Boring exposition, boring transition, finally some data and then a hedged conclus

That was my thought too. At the risk of being snarky, I read this article as: Boring exposition, boring transition, finally some data and then a hedged conclusion with no suggested solution. This article had impeccable grammar I'm sure, but I hardly cared because it had a weak, watered-down message. For a tech analogy, it's a bit like web service uptime. - No one will care unless something's wrong - It doesn't provide a net gain, it only prevents a net loss - It only matters if it's worth reading anyway