To be clear, the article isn't denying that technology advances and has advanced. The author is correcting the subtle, prevalent mindset that views technologic

To be clear, the article isn't denying that technology advances and has advanced. The author is correcting the subtle, prevalent mindset that views technological improvement as essentially a Darwinian process of blind progress. But technology isn't like that. It's inherently teleological. Somebody (or a group of somebodies) expends enormous effort to create technology on purpose for a purpose. TL;DR – just because I can build this doesn't mean I should.