Your points are valid and i agree with you. The problem with the article is that it tars the "Engineering Discipline" and practicing Engineers with the brush o

Your points are valid and i agree with you. The problem with the article is that it tars the "Engineering Discipline" and practicing Engineers with the brush of implicit incompetence as if they are incapable of "looking at the big picture" and burying their Head in the sand. Nothing could be further from the Truth. The Complexity of the Problem/Solution demands that each of us focus only on our area of Specialized Expertise thus allowing the "Whole System" to be built from "Components". Analyze/Design Top-Down but Build Bottom-Up. Our "Modern World" is dependent on Technology all built by Scientists and Engineers. PS: Take a look at the works of Jacques Ellul for a fascinating study of the relationship between Technology and Modern Society.