Being that I’m ancient enough to get bituach le’umi old age payments and remember being around at the times others now consider “history,” I consider King Solomon’s refrain in Ecclesiastes “nothing’s new” so very true.
ט מַה-שֶּׁהָיָה, הוּא שֶׁיִּהְיֶה, וּמַה-שֶּׁנַּעֲשָׂה, הוּא שֶׁיֵּעָשֶׂה;…