I think the author misses how weird the world already is. The broad point, that software is becoming more important culturally, and software can become cultural

I think the author misses how weird the world already is. The broad point, that software is becoming more important culturally, and software can become culturally important faster and for less justification, is I think probably true. But I am not convinced that software is more weird than most people. Long before software people drew lines in the sand that formed pictures only visible from airplanes which did not exist. Stuff is weird, get used to it.