Try to build something that makes the world a better place. This is extremely difficult, so joining others with the same aim can work better. At that point tech

Try to build something that makes the world a better place. This is extremely difficult, so joining others with the same aim can work better. At that point tech is no longer an aim in itself but just a means to accomplish something important. And the it becomes interesting, because you no longer focus on just the tech aspect but how it can be useful to your projects and hence other people, and it becomes doubly interesting (if it's actually useful - many modern trends are just distractions). It really works and I'm happy I took this path.