Look back at history and see what happened to the overall computer revolution when things moved from CP/M and DOS to Apple's GUI and ultimately Windows.
I hadn't thought about it like that..good point.
Counter-argument - look at the rise of civilization. It depended on evolving from cave paintings to pictograms/hieroglyphics to alphabets. Relying on graphical icons is a regression. Textual written language is the most precise, expressive, and efficient way to communicate information.
That's true. But I think he just meant that the drooling masses took over.