As a person who lived through the "Desktop Publishing Revolution" I couldn't agree more.

FWIW, my having a CNC machine may have somewhat diminished my desire to have a planer or jointer, but it's made me want a bandsaw even more, but it's a tedious work-around using the CNC to surface / prep stock.

I'm curious to see how the software angle will shake out --- Autodesk is putting a lot behind Autodesk Fusion 360, and I'm still surprised by Google dropping SketchUp, and surprised that there hasn't been more of a push on making it useful for woodworking and so forth --- and now the Solidworks folks have a "Maker" license. Vectric buying the folks behind "Design and Make" while inevitable, was still a bit surprising to me.

I just wish there were more accessible ways to teach good design, and it kills me that society esteems it so little and actively decides against teaching basic skills such as cursive penmanship which help people to appreciate it.