[naasking]

> Anything that was different to what he was used to he hated.

I suspect he just hated the constant churn. That's kind of a rational frame of mind when you think about it.

[erik_seaberg]

I enjoy learning new things, but my bar for "is this actually better?" seems to be unconsciously higher than it used to be.

[naasking]

Mine too. I suspect it's the classic explore/exploit dilemma. We've learned enough that every new hotness just doesn't seem that novel or worth the effort to learn given we already see a path to our goals using what we already know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration-exploitation_dilem...