I don't know why I never got it, though my first access to a computer was in 1975. At one point I decided to get every merit badge, but lost interest before finishing.
In the early 1970s, the BSA underwent a major dumbing down, which contributed to my losing interest. For example, the WeBeLoS rank in Cub Scouts stood for "Wolf Bear Lion Scout". To a boy, that was pretty cool! But by the time I achieved Bear, they changed it to mean "We Will Be Loyal Scouts". Ugh. That just let all the air out of the balloon. What boy wants that rank?
The uniforms were changed from cotton that worked great outdoors, to cheap, itchy polyester. Perhaps coincidentally, the scouts stopped wearing the uniforms.
They revamped the Boy Scout manual, too, in a miserable way. I kept my old one. I had the 1969 Merit badge book because, you guessed it, they messed up the merit badges, too, to be more like Sesame Street.
It just wasn't for me anymore. Grumble, grumble.