Articles can't be all things. It's a very valid article about a very certain topic, and gives a fascinating insight into how enormous the machine of our "regular" world is.

I personally find it fascinating that for (almost) the first time in living memory we get to have a good long look at what happens when that machine stops. I hope we learn a lot from it.

Only people who lived through rationing in WWII have witnessed a disruption of this size.