Honestly if I'd been faced with a choice between thoroughly copy editing Jane Fonda, and reading one of Carr's articles all the way through just once, I'd go for Jane every time. He could have said it all in three paragraphs. But I suppose that if you remove the references to mysticism and evangelism you get down to an observation that's so commonplace that it can only provoke the response: "so what?"
He's a Harvard business professor. See http://www.nicholasgcarr.com/ - restating the obvious is his stock in trade ;-)
But in fairness, look at what he's responding to. "Web 2.0" is a Wired/Negroponte dot-com wank phrase.
I've chucked it on my LJ as well: http://www.livejournal.com/users/reddragdiva/249008.html
- d.