The message of this article (and the rest of the site) seems to be: Things you do will have unintended consequences; you cannot predict these consequences; they

The message of this article (and the rest of the site) seems to be: Things you do will have unintended consequences; you cannot predict these consequences; they will be bad; therefore you shouldn't do anything. I think you might be bringing that interpretation to the site. At least, reading the linked article, I don't find it there explicitly. Maybe you are taking the "Don't Touch Anything" title too literally? The author speaks positively of the attempts to reintroduce beavers to Scotland, and seems cautiously optimistic about the attempts to eradicate the accidentally introduced brown tree snake from Guam. Looking at some of the other articles on the site, I see a message akin to your correction. For example, instead of saying "don't do anything", this article is about how "bounty" programs should be run differently to make them more effective: https://unintendedconsequenc.es/the-cobra-effect-redesigned/ https://unintendedconsequenc.es/the-cobra-effect-redesigned/. His recommendations sound about the same as your criticisms.