That perspective is a bit cliche, we forget a large part of the world war 2 effort and success was down to code breaking using the first computers. This modern generation didnt invent the idea, weren't the first to encounter cipher use daily; most of whats happened recently is development based on previous achievements by previous generations.
My father is older then this guy and a very enthusiastic supporter of computer technology as mold breaking. Attached to the government, he used some of the first end user computers with punch cards and similar level tech and even at that early stage it was game changing. Its very possible previous generations still have the foresight to understand technology can alter substantially the lay of the land and balance of play.
The big deal now and probably the biggest generational change in my life time will be with the balance of power within Finance. The current layout also goes back to ww2 and to change that system is going to alter the world, that part could be past the vision of almost anyone. We are all so used to FIAT being dominant and based around nations not commerce that we cannot imagine anything else, I think thats true for someone who uses BTC every day even.
If someone is obsessed with BTC going to zero they are ignoring the elephant in the room which is the collapse from excess debt and instability of possibly several major currencies. If they can at least contrast technology development with old monetary systems I can believe they are more accurate in their conclusions.
Ditto when people say BTC is going to be a million per unit now because thats all we will use, thats just ignorance of the whole spectrum of possibilities for trade and monetary proxies society might find useful.
How many old millionaires and billionaires support bitcoin? I've been reading bitcoin-related news channels every day and I don't see many old millionaires and billionaires say that they have invested at least 30% of their fortune in bitcoin, and if there is any old millionaire or billionaire who supports bitcoin, then you will hear that he invested only 1% of his fortune. The reason in my opinion is simple: they have no interest in staying on the computer doing research. because for them too much technology just brings headaches.
Today many children use phones, they want more technology and become lazy, but these kids easily understood bitcoin and would easily pass laws that would benefit bitcoin if they were adults and if they held positions in government, central bank and parliament
And another thing, the number of people who had access to technology 10 years ago, 20 years ago, 30 years ago and 40 years ago was very small. so many old people don't like technology