You mean "after spending just a few hours poking around it"? It's a big, ambitious project that's been worked on now for nearly two decades.
It seems more likely that you're disappointed by your understanding of the execution, which can be nothing but extremely limited.
If you cannot adequately explain the appeal of a new technology to your peers after having worked on it for a week, that's nothing to worry about. After 20 years though? That's very worrying.
I loved the promise of Urbit, and was disappointed by the execution.