Wow this belongs in the comment museum, excellently written and insightful. It reminds me of the The Body Rituals of the Nacirema[1]. I wish more people wrote things like this, it gives a dash of objectivity to how things are.

I agree with both you and GP though, in some ways things really haven't changed at all despite these technological changes. If you can't see the constancy too then I don't think you see the big picture. All of this that we have is a product of the same work that began back then, all for the same reasons. You have to abstract to see the constancy. I think you really miss out if you don't see what GP is saying too.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacirema