Beauty today moves faster than it did when Robin entered the industry. Products launch faster, procedures spread faster, and opinions become certainty faster.
The useful parts of the work have not changed as dramatically: listen closely, understand the person in front of you, respect technique, set realistic expectations, and do not confuse novelty with quality.
Experience does not mean rejecting new ideas. It means having enough context to ask whether a new idea solves a real problem and whether the result is worth the cost, maintenance, and risk.
That is the purpose of the long view: not to slow beauty down for its own sake, but to make better decisions inside an industry that rarely does.