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People like the author are afraid of interdependencies, but interdepedencies are what makes our civilization resilient. Imagine living in a small group of hundreds - what could you accomplish, how many problems could you solve? One thing is for sure - not even close to those we can solve in our exciting, complex, turbuklent society. ( mcashman)
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I am reminded of the book by Steven King, "The Stand". In this book a virus kills off 98% of the population. The survivors of the epidemic, although initially rich in resources, suffer greatly due to the deaths of those who possessed the knowledge of how to do things.

Human wealth is due to human knowledge and need enough humans with their creative brains to run this world.

Just imagine if the population of the U.S. were reduced to that of Colonial Times. That number of people could not reproduce all the services we take for granted every minute of every day.

Correct in IT tech that is refered to as 'Intellutical Capital". Without it we'd be in trouble. Which is one reason why declining birthrates in developed countries presents a big problem. Another bad effect of Abortion.