I find this true in the physical world too. Years ago I used to like going to a hobby shop and buying plastic model kits. Building them involved cutting the plastic parts, following instructions, glue, then carefully painting them. Lastly came decals that you had to soak first in water. Now days there's a different, instant gratification, attitude. More and more I see model kits pretty much already assembled, already painted, already decaled. Put together a model in 10 minutes instead of days or weeks. We live in a world where we are instantly gratified.. want sports on TV, there's 24 hour sports channels; or news, or biography, or history, or classic films, or cartoons, or.... The instant breakfast, instant lunch, instant dinner markets are getting more popular. Is it a "now" generation?

A little about me is I'm the type who likes to take time to do something I truly enjoy. I like gardening outside, doing woodworking, and reading the classic literature books.. you know, the thick, hardback ones. And I like 3D modeling. Making something original, that no one else has, then rendering it is like.. the cherry on top of an ice cream sunday (sundae?) You know, the missing part that the scene just needed to make it right. And better that I could make it from scratch.

There's nothing like doing it yourself.

Of course there's lots of nice things in a market place, and freebies are wonderful too. So for every rule there is an exception. My uncle was a professional painter, very old school. Made his own paints. Although I don't physically paint, in the 3D world I do similar, and it is rewarding when I can look at something I rendered and know that all, or nearly all, you see is completely made by me.