> It's one thing to criticize a specific aspect of digital culture, and maybe come up with some facts; it's another to just put everything in a blender and pretend there is wisdom in calling it terrible.
May I ask why not? Why does the critique have to be a specific aspect? How specific does one have to be before it’s “wisdom”?
The author appears to be trying to articulate a common pattern across behaviours that our culture and technology enable at the moment. To reflect on how our behaviour and lifestyle has changed drastically and its hard to see the big changes because they happen so slowly.
That some people are thriving is obvious (to you), but many obviously aren’t (to the author). One group’s experience doesn’t mean the other’s doesn’t exist.