He is spot on. Not that everything is worse today. There are things that are a lot better these days. But this all goes in cycles. Human progress is not a conti

He is spot on. Not that everything is worse today. There are things that are a lot better these days. But this all goes in cycles. Human progress is not a continually improving thing. In many areas we sometimes go backwards for a while before it reverses again. One major driver for this is closemindedness. Rejecting the past without even considering its validity. In a little over twenty years from now just look around for that twenty year old programmer, not even born yet, who will be leading a new generation of programmers who will be mocking you as that "Get off my lawn guy" with the old fashioned obsolete old school ways. They will be pushing what they think are brand new ideas but are actually a variation of the 1980's and 1990's. But in the long run this constant turnover of fads does result in a solid body of knowledge of what works and what does not work. For instance a continuous recorded history of Chinese Cooking over the last 5000 years is an invaluable resource for exploration and inspiration for new ideas.