I agree with all the comments about this sentiment coming from maturity. That's been my experience. Tech feels less exciting the more I realize its limitations in affecting the human experience.
I would add though that exponentially increasing complexity adds a separation between the ubiquitous tech around us and the hobbyist tech we can just enjoy. It's hard now to find something cool, get your hands dirty as a hobbyist and have it be comparable to the majority of tech finding application in the real-world. The best you can do is dabble in the superficial applications and software abstracted away from the real underlying tech.
I would add though that exponentially increasing complexity adds a separation between the ubiquitous tech around us and the hobbyist tech we can just enjoy. It's hard now to find something cool, get your hands dirty as a hobbyist and have it be comparable to the majority of tech finding application in the real-world. The best you can do is dabble in the superficial applications and software abstracted away from the real underlying tech.