Everything is easy now.
That was the promise.
One click.
One swipe.
One tap and it’s done.
Food arrives without hunger building.
Images appear without making.
People enter your life without effort
and leave the same way.
Nothing resists you anymore.
Ease Was Supposed to Feel Better Than This
We removed friction.
We streamlined.
We optimized.
And somehow everything feels thinner.
Less dense.
Like it passes through you
without landing.
Pleasure arrives too quickly.
So it doesn’t register.
Achievement shows up pre-chewed.
So it doesn’t stick.
You get what you want
before you finish wanting it.
Friction Used to Mean Something
Waiting mattered.
Struggle shaped attachment.
When something took time
it accumulated weight.
Mistakes stayed visible.
Effort left marks.
Now outcomes detach from process.
You can have the result
without inhabiting the work.
And without the work
there is nothing to remember.
Automation Is Tiring in a New Way
Not exhausting.
Numbing.
You don’t fight the system.
You float inside it.
Decisions disappear.
So does responsibility.
So does satisfaction.
The machine handles everything
except meaning.
That part was always yours.
No one warned you.
Care Cannot Be Compressed
Care takes time.
Attention.
Presence.
Convenience replaces all three
with speed.
A meal made instantly
is still food
but it doesn’t carry the same signal.
A message sent automatically
still communicates
but it doesn’t hold you.
Ease mimics care
without practicing it.
Nothing Is Hard and Nothing Is Deep
Creative tools remove resistance.
So creation becomes abundant
and oddly empty.
Dating apps remove barriers.
So people become interchangeable.
Everything is accessible.
Nothing is precious.