There is some bias in this comment, perhaps Ordnung is what compels it, but simpler was better, and though collectively we were less informed, we were also less burdened.

There is value in a plain lifestyle and community. We've lost a sense of community because of this pervasive false-familiarity that the internet and phones have created. You no longer need to see your relatives and community members because you can 'see' them on a website or app or call them.

Whether it gets acknowledged or not, for all of the positives this connectivity brought, there were an equal amount of problems. Our advances in telecommunications led to an uncomfortable truth that not everyone's innermost feelings should be foisted upon the greater community. Everyone knows someone who's consumed with worry/negative-excitement over the struggles currently taking place.

We will never again have another private thought, another uninterrupted conversation, eye contact, feeling someones hands as you tell them how much their being means to you. All of that are the incontrovertible consequences of the Internet, our prodigal problem child.