> ...people talk like oldsters can't understand technology
IMO it is young people that have trouble understanding.
The same mistakes are made over and over, lessons learned long ago are ignored in the present
It easier to write than read, easier to talk than listen, build new than expand the old
This is the way of young people in every domain, not just technology. Much like teenagers think they're the first ones to ever have sex before, young people tend to think they are the first ones to notice "hey this status quo really sucks" and try to solve it.
This can be a strength, to be fair - the human mind really does tend to get stuck in a rut based on familiarity, and someone new to the domain can spot solutions that others haven't because of that. But more often, it turns into futile attempts to solve problems while forgetting the lessons of the past.