You've missed the profound part. The author was probably not the first person to think of wireless communication, but they thought through the ways it would negatively affect our day-to-day lives. This is a rare perspective. Even today we typically only see speculation on what benefits new technology will give us (or doomsday scenarios of how they'll ruin society). It's impressive to predict how new abilities plus ubiquity equals expectations of utilization, which burden the individual. Although even the poor are godlike in their capabilities compared to the ancients, we're dying from stress.
Right, it's the classic premise of science fiction: how could hypothetical future technology change society? Maybe it's not deep insight, but it is an interesting thought experiment, and now amusingly accurate.
