I used to be very into photography before Instagram and smartphones inundated the world with easy acceptably good photos.

I was into DJing when that meant buying vinyl and mastering the difficult art of beatmatching by ear before CDJs made acquiring music trivial and automated beatmatching made mixing easy.

I was a game developer during the time when casual smartphone games came and ate so much time and attention that players had less time available for other games.

I got into making music when that meant fighting with big, slow, complex hardware synthesizers, then watched anyone with a laptop (including me) be able to do all of that a hundred times more easily, and now I watch AI auto-generate passable background music.

Time and time again, I've seen this same process play out.

Many of the deepest joys in my life involved putting deep time and care into making something to share with others. That feels increasingly out of step with the culture at large.