Progress and immaturity

My wife and I, as of late, have been lamenting the seeming negative ramifications of technological progress.  From simply a practical perspective, there is so much time wasted on entertainment and distraction.  There are entire industries built around creating and maintaining entertainment, such that there are people whose entire waking lives consist of some form of entertainment.
To answer the first question that may come to mind, no, I am not becoming a Luddite.  What did occur to me though, is not so much the "Protestant work ethic", but the idea of the wonder of technology being foisted upon generation after generation of people who are far too immature to responsibly handle it.  I have nothing against entertainment, as a concept, the problem is that technology has advanced so quickly and has become so inexpensive, that pretty much anyone can live a lifestyle that exceeds even the imagination of the wealthiest and most powerful men in all of history.
As I said to my son the other night, imagine meeting someone from 100 years ago and telling them about a smart phone.  It would be so far beyond their comprehension that it would only appear as magic.  Or imagine describing the food harvesting, transport and storage capabilities we have today, to someone from 500 years ago, again, it would be so far beyond their thought processes.
At a time when we are capable of so much, with so little effort, there is still so much suffering and deprivation.  If people were responsible enough to use our technology and wealth to actually help those in need, there would be no lack, anywhere.  But we, sinful and selfish as we are, can only complain when our fast food meal doesn't come fast enough.  We complain when we have to wait ten seconds for an internet page to load.
It is far beyond time that we grow up, learn to love others as much as we love ourselves and learn to use the wonderful technology we have to love our neighbor and help those in need.