People thought a watch was pretty cool then, too.
We're not flying to the moon any more and we never got our flying cars, but I can reach into my pocket wherever I happen to be and in a matter of seconds have the complete works of Shakespeare, any translation of the Bible in every language, Britannica, today's headlines from newspapers in every city in the world in every written language, live weather radar, photos of galaxies never seen before, and complete courses from some of the world's top universities. I can reach into my pocket and pull out my own television network, sending out pictures and sound to anyone in the world. And that's just a tiny sliver of the stuff you can get and do for free.
An American serviceman overseas can look into the eyes of his baby who was born yesterday, and the child can look back.
I've been online in one form or another for the last thirty-some years. The progress has been amazing, but incremental, and sometimes I have to stop and remind myself how amazing all this stuff is, and how much more amazing it is getting every day.