the modern day photography crisis

In English a few months ago my class focused on an article called "The Great Forgetting" by Nicholas Carr. In his article, he focuses on how people are losing the sense of basic skills due to the growth of new technology. Carr claims that knowledge is in the hands of machine which can be fatal in the near future. It isn't hard to see that over the years human motivation has begun to decrease while technology increases.
People have become lazy and if a machine can perform a task better than you, why even try? How many times have you been typing something on your phone and spell a word incorrectly, but never fear autocorrect is here! Or how many times have you been curious about something and rather than ask someone else, you decide to ask your handheld robot pal Siri instead. It is just so easy!
Well what if I told you that modern day photography is blending into Carr's philosophy. Many up and coming photographers purchase cameras that have the ability to capture everything from the perfect lighting to the perfect auto-focus in one shot. These cameras have the power to be the photographer themselves and the only thing the person behind the camera has to do is click a button. That's it. So simple right? This kind of easy way out strips the regular photographer of his/her skills. The argument arises if they even have the ability to call themselves a photographer, especially since the camera does most of the work for them. Of course many people disagree and stick to the idea that if you have a shiny new camera you must be good. I guess that can be related to many professions these days, if you have money that is somehow supposed to equal talent.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's better to know what you're working with.
You need to crawl before you run.
That's why I think working with analog is a good start. It lets you actually learn what goes on in a camera and it doesn't do the work for you. Just like with literature or film it's good to be familiar with the classics.