You're going to hate to hear this, but you're too young to get it. Anything invented before you were eighteen was there all along. Anything invented before you're thirty is exciting and will change the world forever. Anything invented after that is an abomination and should be banned. You don't remember what life was like twenty years ago, before walkaways. You don't understand how different things are, so you think things don't change that much.
This quote highlights the inevitable disconnect between generations when it comes to technological and cultural evolution. It suggests that our perceptions of progress are heavily influenced by our age and experience. What feels like groundbreaking innovation to someone in their twenties or thirties may seem trivial or even harmful to someone younger who hasn't experienced the world without these inventions. The notion that inventions before one's youth are
