What if we got technological progress all wrong?

In this audiojournal entry, I talk about what I learned about the San  people, the oldest civilization on Earth. They have kept their way of  life as a hunter-gatherer culture for 150,000 years!! I put forth some  ideas as to why that is and how our current day society can stand to  learn a lot from their way of life.   Specifically, I challenge myself and others to consider the idea that  our modern-day technology is actually a more primitive form of  technology than could be had if we perhaps utilized our consciousness  more directly (perhaps through psychedelics or meditation and such). I  know this sounds absolutely crazy, but much of our science today is  actually showing that our physical reality is NOT fundamental. Meaning  everything we perceive with our physical senses is a kind of a  'simulation' our minds are putting together for us. So perhaps those  many other ancient cultures were on to something when they regularly  used these more organic methods to experience reality beyond our own.   Can we create a better life and experience more progress if we live more  like our ancestors? Idk... maybe I'm just crazy... maybe I am wrong...  but many of us know for a fact that our current way of life is  unsustainable, so we Have to consider alternatives.   What do you think?