That's the kind of argumentation the article argues against. There's a middle ground. Or, if you prefer, there's an optimum somewhere, and right now, we're on a descending slope.

To build mobile phones, we need a lot of tech built on tech build on tech. Dwarfs on giant's shoulders. And there's a place for people who don't understand the underlying tech. I've got a colleague who doesn't understand any of it, yet can do useful frontend work. But when you stand too high above the ground, the problems in the article become real, and that will get us stuck.