This is one of those appealing-in-theory philosophies that comes up all the time. But you're ignoring the costs.
For the whole of human civilization, generation n-2 can complain that generation n is turning the world into a padded room. E.g., if you have a car, you expect it to just start at the press of a button or the turn of a key. But starting the Model T required physical strength and an intimate knowledge of the engine:
People who grew up on the Model T surely bitched about how later cars were making whippersnappers soft, what with their electrical starters and things just working reliably. But nobody today would say, "back to Model Ts so we can toughen up and really learn how internal combustion engines work". We have better things to do. Very smart car designers have made it so that we mostly can just get in and go. Soon, we'll just get in and the car will do the going.
That's what technology is for: We solve problems so other people can do what really matters to them. There is no sense in stopping now and saying, "Fuck it, 5000 years of technological progress is good enough."
For the whole of human civilization, generation n-2 can complain that generation n is turning the world into a padded room. E.g., if you have a car, you expect it to just start at the press of a button or the turn of a key. But starting the Model T required physical strength and an intimate knowledge of the engine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfQWnaWLDeQ
People who grew up on the Model T surely bitched about how later cars were making whippersnappers soft, what with their electrical starters and things just working reliably. But nobody today would say, "back to Model Ts so we can toughen up and really learn how internal combustion engines work". We have better things to do. Very smart car designers have made it so that we mostly can just get in and go. Soon, we'll just get in and the car will do the going.
That's what technology is for: We solve problems so other people can do what really matters to them. There is no sense in stopping now and saying, "Fuck it, 5000 years of technological progress is good enough."