I too found the text difficult but interesting. I believe that he makes several valid points to include the fact that interface can, and does, change the meaning by changing the context. But this does not seem to be something entirely new as the passage would suggest. People have been viewing through filters and changing the context since there has been something to change. Did computers not just make it easier to do this? Such as copy and paste, one could "copy and paste" pretty much anything by re-creating it and re-using it. I also think that he has not fully expressed the connection between current interface and Blade Runner. Is he suggesting that they are connected because they are opposite or involve opposite themes? Or is he saying that they are similar because, in both with current interface and in the movie Blade Runner, something is, or can be, created that is made by both human and computer to the point where neither is solely responsible for it. On the whole I agree and believe he makes very good points and states many interesting facts which I had never considered.
In addition, what exactly is a metatool? My interpretation would be a that facilitates the using of other tools.
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