The author of the article is confusing technology advancement with "consumer product demand" under an economic recession. Aside from slowing of initial product

The author of the article is confusing technology advancement with "consumer product demand" under an economic recession. Aside from slowing of initial productivity gains in the broad application of commoditized digital mathematics (i.e. computers) to human endeavors, technology growth is actually accelerating in many areas including: biology, materials science, pure mathematics (algorithms are actually a technology), metrology (think 'Large Hadron Collider'), and tribology (lubrication, and friction). The wrongly attributed "640k is all anyone will ever need" quote comes to mind. What a horrid piece of "jurinalism".