You can use precisely the same arguments to denigrate demotic script versus hieroglyphs, and say that anyone who thinks writing complex pictures is too difficul

You can use precisely the same arguments to denigrate demotic script versus hieroglyphs, and say that anyone who thinks writing complex pictures is too difficult a way to express themselves is just whining. I'm not taking a position on the argument expressed in the article; I'm merely noting that your argument is so infinitely applicable (even recursively applicable, back every step of every path of technological and notational improvement) that it is effectively useless as a way to determine the best path to follow.