The whole gist of this ode to ludditism appears to be the buried quote: The more technology multiplies, the more it amplifies instability. Not only is this an

The whole gist of this ode to ludditism appears to be the buried quote: The more technology multiplies, the more it amplifies instability. Not only is this an unsupported assertion, the author cites a number of minor, solvable annoyances as intractable problems. Are the toilets flushing too often? Revise the sensor hardware. Is online news full of falsehoods? Add machine-learning AI to separate the wheat from the chaff. Are retail product catalogs overwhelming and confusing? Add content filtering to show only the most relevant or applicable results. Sounds fine to me. The problem has been identified, and the solution is within our grasp. Let's work toward it instead of jettisoning the baby with the bathwater. These annoyances come out because new technology often arrives half-baked. It's nice having the future here now, but that often means it doesn't work exactly right out of the gate. That's fine, because more often than not, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. For the most part, our society can deal with an extra toilet flush every now and then.