Both drone and cowboy were clearly meant to be equally negative, as that is how each sees the other. The article does not pick either type as the better one. I

Both drone and cowboy were clearly meant to be equally negative, as that is how each sees the other. The article does not pick either type as the better one. It only says that each sees the other as a problem, but both have both positive and negative facets, and both are necessary, and whichever one you are, you are actually a source of both positive and negative forces, and so is the other.