There's precious little contemplation in this piece. It's like things are just happening to the author, like waves crashing over his head. Really what he's sayi

There's precious little contemplation in this piece. It's like things are just happening to the author, like waves crashing over his head. Really what he's saying is that his "inner nerd" (I'll never get used to (give in to) the enthusiastic adoption of nerd and geek etc) never really had much interest in technology beneath the level of practical communications for home/hobby use. His interest in those things never made him go lower down. But there's always going to be a layer you can go to where tinkering and fiddling are still required. So his point is taken: for people whose main interest in technology was effectively for personal organisation and home entertainment there is no longer much need, or use, for technical knowledge. Perhaps that will close one pathway into technology. Others will open up.