That's a fair point, but to me, the article's message seemed to be that the important issue was the productivity gain (just look at the title.) That interpretat

That's a fair point, but to me, the article's message seemed to be that the important issue was the productivity gain (just look at the title.) That interpretation, and my response, may well be a biased, to which I can only say that it wasn't my initial response, which was more favorable.