Textbook example of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The two things he cites to replace icons (gestures and text) in no way provide the same affordanc

Textbook example of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The two things he cites to replace icons (gestures and text) in no way provide the same affordances and efficiency of icons. It seems like he's just trying to think big for the sake of thinking big, while ignoring the fact that conceptually an icon is at its essence the most distilled form of visual communication available. If you're going to say icons need to go away then you might as well say visual design needs to go away and we'll just use voice UI in the future.