Undue Sensitivity

The single most difficult aspect of the main job I've been doing over the last four days is getting a projector to switch on, using a remote control device. Sometimes it does switch on, sometimes it doesn't. And when it doesn't I have to repeatedly hit the on-switch and shift position. I'm told it's always been temperamental. What is it about modern technology that means it's more emotionally inclined than even the flakiest human?