but, it seems this morning charlie has a little competition from our senior contributor ted koppel. > relied on -- outdated, passe. is the new world much better? well, that's hard to say. for example, when driving, we once employed maps, asked directions to get there, before there were apps. just imagine the tension, the unrivaled stress, the nervous exhaustion before g.p.s. ♪ in those pre-apple days, we stuck coins into phones. made our planes out of paper before there were drones. sent our film to be processed and then we would wait. now, our cameras are digital. isn't that great? you can upload and download, it's really quite quick. in a flash it's transferred to a memory stick. it's all so convenient, even at home you can use a search engine to check your genome. it's hard to remember, but we weren't always free to watch movies at home on our own dvd. we can pick our own music, orchestral or voice. it's free and it's easy, mp3 gives us choice. when so much has changed, there's a tendency to yearn for something familiar, something like an old shoe. something substantive, warm and r