I feel there is something missing in Postman's interpretation. I've seen it linked a number of times in the past few months and I think I have a grasp on what i

I feel there is something missing in Postman's interpretation. I've seen it linked a number of times in the past few months and I think I have a grasp on what it might be: Cycles. There are no cycles mentioned in this manifesto. And yet everyone who's been around the business of technology long enough knows and recognizes cycles in it. What he sees as a "price paid" might also be nothing but a temporary rebalancing, due to swing back the other way in a few months, years, or decades. This goes for the little things - the Javascript framework du jour - and big ones - the Internet, drones, 3D printing... In that light, the points he makes tend to come across as simple BEWARE CHANGE moralizing. Are the changes we make really as permanent as he claims, or is this simply a way in which we mythologize the present? Which is not to say that it's beneath consideration to examine the impact, but perhaps rather than focus on the technology aspect of it, focus on the cultural part. It's easy enough to spot ideological goals that are associated with particular technologies or technical movements. Technology is simply the force multiplier to realize those goals - a mechanism for gaining the upper hand, albeit temporarily. The resulting consequences of technology are the consequences of "making dreams come true."