Heaven forbid we live in a world without material posessions
I've seen the wagon tracks, toured replicas of the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, and talked with my ancestors about what the did as immigrants. Materially we have it easy, which means those who've mastered materials are cheap. People who can write with a fountain pen and not smuge aren't valuable anymore. Nothing the like of the opening of the American West, Africa, or Asia will ever happen again. It all depends on what you want.