Just your general "technology bad, hard way better" luddite ramblings. Just because something takes more work to do it that way, doesn't mean it's better.
2) there is a spiritually satisfying element to recreating something in the original or natural way when a more complex way may be easier
3) it is important to preserve the heritage of human innovation. These techniques and recipes ought to be preserved for historical and sociological reasons, as well as in the event that shit goes to pot one day, we may still have some people that know how to make dyes from scratch.
Also relevant, his piece on "The Library of Rare Colors" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rApTzWboLrA&t=6s