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This article is what's known as "filler".
It's a piece that was probably written many years before and could be printed/re-printed with only a slight edit to update any lists it has.
Think about it - the only ereader he mentions is the Kindle DX.
An ereader released more than a decade ago and is no longer in production.
The author mentions no other ereaders at all even though the market has absolutely exploded since then. He also mentions Wordperfect and Wordstar, two document creation programs that for the most part have ceased mainstream use for the last 15 years.
And absolutely zero mention of the 2020 pandemic or that ereader and ebook sales have risen as a result? Yeah, this is a formerly-rejected filler article.
Methinks The Atlantic was desperate for something and pulled this out of their rejection files.
And look at the actual words used throughout the entire article - tons of filler words that add nothing to the actual premise of the article. It's like he's screaming out "look at all the big words I know!" but I think he just uses them to increase the total word count.
That article was probably written back when the DX was released, initially rejected by an editor who saw it as obvious wordy filler and just filed away for future use as filler when someone else missed their deadline and they needed it.
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