Fun article. While I'm onboard with most everything said, I am also an advocate that technology when used as a tool has simplified lives a lot more than realized. Smartphones in particular. The ability to transact business, read books, move money, communciate with people and entertain ones self from a single device, keeps people from having to complicate their life with mundane activities. There is a tipping point and that's when technology becomes an obstacle to personal happiness.