He seems particularly scornful of both Fuji and Olympus for their retro-stylings. Perhaps in another 20-30 years, history will determine that he was right, but I'm not going for a ride in his car - those are my two favorite camera makers these days, with Ricoh still sort of hanging in there in third place, and I don't think more than a small part of it is the retro styling. I think he's right to some extent on the relative state of market serenity back in the film days, but I don't think its changed primarily because of changes in physical design or human nature, but the technology behind digital cameras is advancing so rapidly, and in really useful ways, that its not hard to find a compelling reason to buy any number of cameras as they emerge. In the film days, the real advances were few and far between - now they seem to happen every few months in various segments and every year or two in any given segment. None of which makes us better photographers, but perhaps does make us more capable photographers - the art is always a whole different thing that exists 99% separate from the tech - but the tech helps in the process. And the tech can be fun in its own right...
-Ray