I'm not a designer so i don't really understand the importance of kerning, but I do run http://use.fontorie.com. So I'm interested in making it easier for developers to do design. I'd like to incorporate kerning if you'd help.
I didn't read the whole article but all I saw was anecdotal evidence that there isn't as much innovation. Maybe it's hard to measure innovation, but at least try instead of saying "from my viewpoint as a 50 year old white man we aren't innovating." And then try to come up with theories why there isn't innovation when you haven't even come close to proving that there isn't.