I wonder how much this is born from what at outwardly appear very transient. Our interfaces with computing have changed so radically and many things are legitm

I wonder how much this is born from what at outwardly appear very transient. Our interfaces with computing have changed so radically and many things are legitmately obselete for the majority of us; no one is likely to reach for a punch card or a 3.5" floppy (might be a few edge cases on this one :) ). Most of this is the facade of computing though and many of underlying fundamentals are the same but I feel that this outward appears of transiency leaves us flippant about the retrospective. It's not a great comparison but lets look at military history, many of the tactics, and hardware remain the same for decades with design and development taking an significant portion of time. the F35 has been in development for nearly 2 decades and it's only now at the beginning of it's service life.