Some of us are just old. We have seen countless hype cycles. Many hyped up things do not pan out. So we all have a “show me” kind of attitude now.

Also for things that do pan out, they sometimes comes with unforeseen negative consequences.*

As a result, it’s hard to get excited about ”great new thing” these days.

* e.g. the internet; there was so much optimism over it in the 90s … no one foresaw its use to track and manipulate the public on a massive scale, the damage to mental health social media has afflicted, … etc.