[bshimmin]

Obviously my comment wasn't at all substantive (and thus richly deserves the downvotes it has received!), and clearly my opinion on this piece of writing isn't a popular one either, but surely it's hard to argue that...

"In fact I assume that better ones will come along and displace this one because that is the way the evolution of everything works—i.e., new ways of doing things and new things always have and always will replace old ways of doing things and old things."

...is not exactly vintage writing!