I usually write things down when they stay with me, and this is one of those thoughts.

I love technology and seeing things become easier. Every time something gets automated, it changes how people live and work. But life, for me, feels more about noticing these shifts and adapting to them than trying to stop them.

Painting, drawing, even writing have become easier now, some of it automated. Somewhere along the way, doing things by hand started feeling awkward because machines could do them better, so we rely on them more. There is nothing wrong in that. The act itself did not lose value, but our relationship with it changed. As technology keeps accelerating, we keep losing that sense of competition with it, and somewhere in that discomfort, we start blaming the tools or blame people who rely on the tools.

Cooking feels similar. It was once seen as a responsibility(mostly carried by women). When we adapted by using more machines or storing food or finding easier ways, it is often questioned because change made people uncomfortable.

With LLMs and tools(semi-agents?) around it, most of our tasks take less effort. Instead of seeing that as space or having earned an extra time, we turn it into guilt. We blame ourselves for choosing ease and try to make life harder again. But ease was never the problem. Automation saves time, not meaning. The act itself is still there. If anything, it allows me to write without obligation, to write for pleasure or learning, without the fear that getting it wrong might affect my own or my peer's survival. When that pressure lifts, experience can come back. It opens space to learn more and connect things in ways we couldn’t before.

I realised this when Vidhya and I went for a clay pottery workshop at Claybistropia. What we made was not great. That did not matter. Being there, learning with our hands, and staying absorbed for a while felt enough.

Things will keep getting easier. What once took effort will stop feeling special. Thinking itself might get outsourced. We already are taking less effort to send emails or code for that matter. We may someday even replace food with a pill sufficient enough to sustain the day. Maybe we will get bored of not doing anything and find ways to move beyond the routine, beyond our biological needs. Life changes and right now its already changing at an accelerating phase. But by the end, experiences and absorbing the change is all that matters. The act of 'doing' is important but not as an obligation.

Change does not always take something away. Sometimes it just shifts where meaning sits at that moment.