That is the nature of technology. Maybe a good time to re-read Industrial Society and Its Future.
For every person pleased with himself that he doesn't rely on an always-internet connected cell phone for directions there is a guy before him who used a compass. And before him a guy who used the sun and stars. And before him a guy who just went in whatever direction the herd of animals he was following went.
I heard nowadays there are people who, before they go for a long trip, go to the "gas station" to "fill up" their "pickup truck" when back in the day people just got on a horse they found wandering the plains and rode off without even knowing what a saddle was while wearing clothes made from an animal they killed with a rock What a bunch of soft, spongy, silver spooners you moderns are.
