Not a new observation:
"The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun." Ecclesiastes 1:9
"The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun." Ecclesiastes 1:9
It's the same as the "wheel of tech" analogy.
Just imagine living 2000 years ago and not ever imagining just the massive slice of inventions from 1900 to 2023 lol