Hi,
Yes, a grounding in the principles of flight and basic stick and rudder skills should still be of paramount importance in every pilot's training, but it should not be forgotten that while technological advancements have brought new issues to the table, the number of problems created are dwarfed by the number of the problems they've solved.
I do not recall recent accidents (last 20 years) of all crashes or the advances in technology and computer were to work until the plane contact the ground.
In all cases the pilot did not have his hands on his knees or was reading his newspaper
A plane with all the current technological advances remains a plane subject to all the physical laws of an object moving in mid air.
Since the first flight of these objects the presence of someone capable of making change was necessary.
I do not see how technological advances have changed what was done.
The pilot of today must have the same driving skills than yesterday.