Busy-ness is opposite to Being-ness. We humans need both, in order to stay sane. "Idleness is the devil's workshop" the saying goes, but even if the Devil is not real, human beings do need to be busy at times. Although not everyone feels the need to create things, creating is the mechanism that makes evolution go forward. And makers will always outperform takers!
By now I have just finished the last new story on already existing acrosstics, as far as my count goes. Time to return to adding more new acrosstics...