The author's claims in article 1 about technology would be that he thinks a great many things are pointless in the twenty-first century as he uses the term "the black hole." People just look at online information and devorate it without questioning anything or the real sense of it, he thinks the world is becoming more and more tech-devoured. He says he believes, as he learns from all this, he states as to how many pointless innovations quickly take knowledge without challenge, we are all increasingly being consumed by tech.
In a way, all romantic poets were escapists. Many escaped their reality with writing their imagination down with whatever they had. To escape through fantasy is common.
