There is another analogy to the airline industry..
Airlines are incredibly highly regulated. In the old days, pilots were supposed to make decisions. But, that was hard to regulate, and so everything has become " Standardized." Every pilot is now trained to do everything the same, every time, in pretty much every circumstance, and flying is automated to the point that it is rare now for an airline pilot to actually fly the airplane. Arguably it has made aviation very very safe. But it has also made it rather joyless. People now go into flying for the airlines the way others go into the plumbing trade; it is a good job, but not what you would call exciting.
