Some technological changes are incremental . Shellac 78 rpm recordings are replaced by plastic 33 rpm recordings.
Some technological changes are disruptive .
A similar theory of technological impact would point out that the automobile destroyed whole industries, such as blacksmithing. Crime rates plummeted for such capital offenses as horse-thieving. Corporate America today has an army of consultants and academics paid to reassure the boss that it's incremental, that he's not a dinosaur waddling to the tar pits after the meteor landed . Then look at history. The printing press was a disruptive technology.