I'm sure previous generations had other concerns, of course, but I see what you're saying. I think the issue with where we are right now is that we're constantly bombarded by information.

The Internet, social media, podcasts, everyone wanting to know what we're doing to improve our finances, our diet, our training, our love life, etc., I think we'd have a reasonable amount of worries if we could learn to detach from them more often. :)