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I’ve always thought that super advanced aliens would be like this.

Sure they can fold space-time and have quantum computers the size of dust particles, but they also use traditional tools from their ancient history when appropriate or when it serves a role in their culture. They also don’t do absolutely everything they know how to do, deciding some things are harmful or useless.

You see this sometimes in sci-fi, e.g. Star Trek.

It’d probably be a sign of being advanced far beyond the hype phase, even having gone through many hype - disillusionment - enlightenment phases. They would be far post the phase where things look like cyberpunk, but you’d probably see phases like that in their history.