The companies you're used to are aging. New companies are supplanting them as new ideas win. More and more computing is done on phones, meaning Apple, TSMC, Qualcomm, and others are replacing Intel.
Adobe is being supplanted by Pixelmator, Blackmagic, and even Instagram.
Some of Boeing is being supplanted by SpaceX. Some will be replaced with companies like Boom, and Anduril. This is the hardest one - military contractors have a thumb on the scale from our government.
What you're seeing is not decline - it's that these industries are changing in ways that are hard to recognize.
The companies you're used to are aging. New companies are supplanting them as new ideas win. More and more computing is done on phones, meaning Apple, TSMC, Qualcomm, and others are replacing Intel.
Adobe is being supplanted by Pixelmator, Blackmagic, and even Instagram.
Some of Boeing is being supplanted by SpaceX. Some will be replaced with companies like Boom, and Anduril. This is the hardest one - military contractors have a thumb on the scale from our government.
What you're seeing is not decline - it's that these industries are changing in ways that are hard to recognize.