@smithy radio and records destroyed the community activity of singing on your porch with friends, it was irretreviably lost.

Not using this as a "march of change is inevitable" argument just observing that you're right and it does happen and it does represent a loss. And that it would be good in some way to get people back to consciously trying to preserve good things that aren't as convenient as pressing a button and being instantly gratified. with AI we may be reaching a point where as a species we either figure out how to do this really quick or we're going to lose our humanity completely.