Amen. And love your first point about how way back, the average person did not have a concept of progress in their day-to-day life.

I guess that didn’t really start to blow up until Newton laid the laws of physics down (along with calculus - what a guy) to allow for drastic scientific development. Once we had steam engines and the Industrial Revolution…change has become almost commonplace now.

I too remember paper maps…always in the glove box.

Having to remember phone numbers.

Encyclopedias

No cell phone and no internet.