The same arguments that you make for Pages could be made for the so-called coupon startups and gaming startups he seems to deride:

I do not doubt that services like social games and coupons bring delight to people’s lives, and I mean no disrespect to the hard work that has made them possible. But in the face of threats to humanity’s future on the one hand and the extraordinary potential of mankind on the other, at some point we must ask: are we capable of more?

Hypocritical much?