Were older tribal soceties more functional than ours?

ok, yes they did have all those things, but they usually considered it evil magic. but what the heck? you can't compare these 2, you ask a question about functionality, then don't even mention a single thing about it. what you're mentioning here are effects of the culture, not examples of functionality. an example of functionality is that today 1 farmer can feed 20,000 people in one year. whereas in the past 1 farmer could feed 6 people, sometimes even less. so yes, we are more functional today. think out your question before you post it please:D