Tech exists in a new world now. The tech itself and it's surrounding landscape is starting to get boring. - It's dominated by fewer companies that only seem t

Tech exists in a new world now. The tech itself and it's surrounding landscape is starting to get boring. - It's dominated by fewer companies that only seem to grow larger and larger. These companies haven't changed for a long time. Boring. - Everyone decided X86 is going to be the main platform for everything that's not a smartphone or embedded device. Hardware has become boring and locked into this. - Anything embedded that can have 32MB or more of RAM is an ARM-based Linux system. I think there's still a few MIPS holdouts. Embedded has become boring until RISC-V gets critical mass. - Anything new mobile is either Samsung or iPhone. ARM bricks with touchscreens, battery, and a bunch of sensors. Fundamentally not different than the 2000's, just faster, more efficient, etc. Smartphones and mobile have become boring. - Most people are poorer now than they were in the boom 90's when all this started. So everything becomes a spy platform to deliver ads. This is so common it's boring now. - The smartphone and streaming have replaced the TV for everyone except boomers. Video streaming as a technology stopped being interesting a long time ago. - Facebook and apps have replaced the news for most people. The rest have 24/7 cable news broadcasts. Facebook has been around a long time. It's not a mystery how Facebook works. It's boring. So, political, social questions are coming more to the forefront.