I wouldn't say slowly. I feel like these types of posts only became common starting several months ago. I haven't run numbers, but I feel like the number of "As

I wouldn't say slowly. I feel like these types of posts only became common starting several months ago. I haven't run numbers, but I feel like the number of "Ask HN" posts has dramatically increased in the past couple of months. Maybe @dang can provide some insight. That said, people need to learn introspection. All these questions are answerable if you sit down and think about things for awhile. Life is not mysterious; it's often boring and repetitive. Life is not supposed to be one dopamine hit after the next. Accept this, and a lot of the drudgery makes sense.