Ok... lengthy article... how do I validate the ideas here? Are they predictive? Are they prescriptive? Are they correct (aside from most of them being somewhat

Ok... lengthy article... how do I validate the ideas here? Are they predictive? Are they prescriptive? Are they correct (aside from most of them being somewhat obvious). Are they helpful? I can't say I'm illuminated. Maybe others are. Definitely not as horrifying as those of Zeynep Tufekci, which I find very objectionable. I guess tech philosophy is a thing now.