I definitely disagreed with the implication of generalized naivety among "tech" folk regarding the arts and humanities. It all depends on the circles you run in. I studied Latin and Ancient Greek for a long time and then I got into tech. My experience includes a number of tech people who have studied art history extensively across a wide range of traditions and I also know folks in tech who were linguists in their previous lives.

I would also argue, though, that an honest appreciative and humanistic approach to art and its place in our lives is to the NYC art scene as a loving physical relationship is to porn and hookers and this story seemed more concerned with the "scene" than actual art itself.