We have built the modern world atop software, that's true. Now that we're here, if we took software away it would be pretty bad.

But my argument was more fundamental than that. Does a society need software to exist? Human history tells us no.

In terms of value of software. I totally understand that argument of scale. In fact, I make it in the article. And have many times before here on Medium: https://medium.com/developer-purpose/as-a-developer-know-your-worth-aff59601a9c6