Not Simple

When reading the Salon article, this sentence particularly stuck out to me,

"Let’s pause for a moment, in fact, to notice that this kind of story almost always imagines a future world that’s far simpler than the one we currently live in, one in which all the stuff and clutter of our lives – the screens, the gizmos, the cars, the noise – has evaporated."

I definitely feel like this isn't true, especially with the two books the article is talking about (Divergent and The Hunger Games) that still have a lot of technology and noise. I definitely wouldn't consider them simpler, especially not in The Hunger Games since the citizens are forced to participate in a lottery murder game between children. The Capital is exactly the opposite of simple, with lavish parties and loud fashions. The 12th District may be "simple" in comparison, but that is only because they are very poor.
As for Divergent, they aren't necessarily simpler, they are just more tightly organized, and each faction has it's own rules it must follow. Abnegation is bland compared to Dauntless, but that is simple because of the morals that faction chooses to live by and that is only one part of that society. The society as a whole is far from being simpler than our own, and seems to be much more complex in my opinion.