One avenue for progress that the author overlooks is distinguising between quantum mechanics interpretations where wave function collapse is considered part of

One avenue for progress that the author overlooks is distinguising between quantum mechanics interpretations where wave function collapse is considered part of the theory vs. where wave function collapse is considered to be a useful approximation. I expect as we see quantum computers increase in scale it will become more apparent and accepted that there is no such thing as "collapse": that is just the approximation for a large system including the observer becoming entangled with a smaller quantum system under consideration. I think even the disillusioned author here would have to take that as progress.