Old is better?

I love old things. Old cats, old dogs, old TV series, old books, old movies. I am fascinated at the outlook, at what at a younger times older people are going through when they were my age. But is it better to look back and wonder what those things would do with today's technology and knowledge? It certainly has it's place, put a stamp on history and recurrence into the present of various events or people. And certainly proofs the point that history unless we are careful (which I have never met a careful human yet) will repeat itself. Our thought, our actions, even the freedoms we have are nothing new. Nor is the destruction of those. At any rate, the point given is not to focus too much on this time, past time, or into the future, because the reality is we cannot control any of it. Old may not be better. It's just looked through a different lens.