We start Ecclesiastes in our reading plan:

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. (Ecclesiastes 1.1, NKJV)

These are the “words of the Preacher,” not the words of God. There will be some truth, but not all of it is true. For example:

That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which it may be said, “See, this is new”? It has already been in ancient times before us. (Ecclesiastes 1.9, 10, NKJV)

I think a lot of today’s technology is new. What people use it for may not be new. E.g., pornography and gambling. Or, more positively, writing letters, doing calculations, and reading books. But a computer you can carry in your pocket and call it a “phone”? That’s certainly new.

Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert. (Isaiah 43.18, NKJV)