Technology is never as interesting as magic, because technology doesn't imply that human beings are fundamentally a part of the most basic aspects of the world and are thus important. When you can sing things into existence, you're deeply connected to the nature of existence. Feeding material into a universal replicator and getting whatever you want manufactured may require astoundingly complex science and engineering, but no one's going to be particularly impressed once the novelty has worn off.

There's a reason the fictional folk on Star Trek don't stand about gawking at the transporter, and it's the same reason you people aren't constantly amazed by light bulbs and hot running water.

You think people would be wowed by futuretech? Why aren't they wowed by present technology, then?