Modern Tech versus The Past

We assume modern life is the peak of human achievement, but is it really?
We compare today's tech to its closest equivalent for pre-digital mankind

We have: The Internet

They had: The telegram

We have: Twitter

They had: Gossip

We have:    Facebook

They had: Dinner parties

We have: World of Warcraft

They had: Actual war craft

We have: Swine flu mass-panic

They had: The plague

We have: iPhones

They had: Fires on hills

We have: Viruses

They had: A real Trojan horse

We have: MP3s

They had: Tribal chants

We have: OLED TVs

They had: Jousting

We have: Post-Enlightenment scientific rigour

They had: Superstition and quack doctors