I feel that while the article makes some accurate remarks linking Victorian ethos to our current technological prowess, it's too simplistic to assume that today's scientific achievements are not instead part of a multicultural advancement continuing from millennia.

I did found very interesting the anecdote around 1820 with the shift from the "old guard" on the British Royal Society. But it led to me to wonder why such an importance is given to specialized knowledge. It's like reducing every problem to be solved by a depth-first search algorithm.