Is it just me? Wouldn't most people prefer that the premise posed in the title be elucidated in one or two paragraphs? Why is that article channeling Tolstoy? I

Is it just me? Wouldn't most people prefer that the premise posed in the title be elucidated in one or two paragraphs? Why is that article channeling Tolstoy? It could be longer than War and Peace. I just skimmed it. AFAICT some guy redesigned the Ebay front page as a skunkworks project.