I agree with you a bit.. without basic instinct and animal nature, along with some experience, the pampered little populace is going to go mad when they don't have their simple solutions. They won't know to boil water over a grill or even how to make a fire once their matches/lighters run out. And boiling water, as you know is just one little thing. The list can go on and on and every little thing that everyone is used to (microwaves, ovens, refrigerators) has been in normal use for generations now.
I'm one of the people who think that as we've progressed, the people in charge have reformed things to be simpler but forgotten old ways and why they were used.