Every generation tends to yearn for "the good old days" and think that the current group of "kids" will never amount to anything.
I'm 69, and when I was growing up, my parents thought that my brothers and I were never going to amount to anything because we listened to that evil Rock and Roll, grew our hair long, liked fast cars, and wanted to party all night and work all day.
Truth is, their parents probably thought the same about them.
The World changes. I like all of these "new fangled gadgets", everything from computers, I-Pads, fancy phones, electronic fuel injection on cars, modern tooling, modern machines, and everything else that makes our modern World a lot easier place to live in. I don't yearn for "the good old days" that much. I try to make the most of today.