You should ask yourself why nothing interesting is happening anymore. There's a reason for that.
Speak for yourself. As I see it we are on a verge of a change that will shadow the industrial revolution. And we get to see it unfold in real-time. I personally find the denial to be ... fascinating.
There are entire sites dedicated to car reviews. This is a hackers website. Makes sense that the most evolving tool for the job is most discussed.
What else is really changing? CSS added a couple new properties? C++ new standard still didn't add modules (but the year changed!)?