The world - rightfully - has a love-hate relationship with spreadsheets. As many of the comments here point out, it is a much more nuanced subject than the referenced article suggests. For those interested in a little deeper dive I recently wrote this three-part blog series on the origin and nature of spreadsheets:

- Spreadsheets are programs: https://medium.com/@hjalli/3-things-you-dont-understand-abou...

- Spreadsheets made the PC market: https://medium.com/@hjalli/3-things-you-dont-understand-abou...

- Spreadsheets are everywhere: https://medium.com/@hjalli/3-things-you-dont-understand-abou...