[threeseven]

It's a fair bet that many here of a much younger age yearn for a certain time in the past, I know I do. The very interest that brings us here suggests that we prefer the technology of the past and very likely the lifestyle too. The world now seems so ephemeral and transitory, with little time to become familiar with one social and technical scenario before it is obsolete and replaced with something very different and perturbing.
I suppose the past always seems better for the aging generations though, even the times we live in now will be nostalgic for the generations raised then.