"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." – Arthur C. Clarke

(especially to non-tech people)

Turns out it's not really about the advancement of the tech but the gap between the tech and the user's brain.

@deadlyRants exactly. In fact I always remembered the quote as including the words "to the uninitiated", but when i looked it up to get the phrasing just right, that wasn't in there. perhaps i just editorialized it in my memory, years ago....

I once chased some bush people with a blow torch jk