I agree with some of the points the author was trying to make although I don't think he really expressed them with the right arguments. I think our culture was

I agree with some of the points the author was trying to make although I don't think he really expressed them with the right arguments. I think our culture was and will always be based on exploration and innovation and this is simply moving to higher levels of abstractions today. There is nothing wrong with this. However, I personally am not satisfied with simply being able to use an abstracted interface. I have a strong curiosity of how things work under the hood, of tinkering with something to make it do new things and even try and rewrite things in simpler forms. I think a different kind of hacker evolves when you have a basic understanding of the entire technology stack. This breed is inevitably going to fade with the increasing complexity of this entire stack (breadth and height) paired with the current speed of innovation. In the end, we can lament all that we are losing or work towards everything that lies ahead unexplored :)