[GaryGapinski]

It was worse. I started in the late 1960s. Information was not easy to obtain as it is now. The computers were not particularly limited (or so it seemed at the time), but there really wasn't any decent internet until the late 1980s. Things were quite slow in comparison to the way they are now, particularly at the human-machine interface. Frightening amounts of paper were used for punched cards and printouts. While the old days were fun, I don't at all miss any of it.

Now, I can cheaply obtain any computing capability I might want for pennies an hour. I can obtain just about any information I need with a few keystrokes. I can easily benefit from the massive, readily accessible work of others.

I can no longer function effectively without using contemporary amenities, nor would I so want.