And I don't necessarily disagree with anything you wrote here. I don't know if Robbins has looked at the new shoes or even if he's still working on this stuff. They are very different than anything before but if Robbins is right and cushioning actually increases the likelihood of injuries because it impedes stability,, and I did say "if" they could make you even more likely to get hurt. But I have read comments from people who say their legs feel fresher when they train in such shoes and you can't just blow off those sorts of comments.
But you also can't just blow off comments from people who say they stay much healthier in minimalist shoes. I was fine in mainstream shoes that were on the market until around 1990. (Can't recall the exact year.) I was basically indestructible. Then for years I was hobbled a lot until I read stuff from Lydiard and Robbins and started using racing shoes all the time. What I liked about the minimalist movement was that it put a lot of those kinds of shoes into the mainstream and that is far from the case now. I never cared if people wanted to run in some pricey, heavily cushioned, high tech shoe, and I don't understand why some of the people who do seem to feel threatened by those of us who don't and seem to want to force us into the shoes they like.