Both the creatives in media (all forms - ads, news, sports, movies, radio, tv, games etc) and the ad tech crowd don't talk about barely growing global disposable income. Meanwhile they are furiously producing more and more content (ie real estate for ads).
What happens when production outpaces consumption or supply over shoots demand? Naturally hiring will slow, mergers and consolidation, cost cutting via relying on tech and more automation.
We have sort of peaked in how much people's Attention can be milked. In both time and cash. They just don't like talking about it.
The diff only matters if you are relying on them 24x7 to generate revenue in your own daily business or something. For generic infrequent questions, it doesn't matter much.
Having faced some personal chaos in life I don't think its more or less chaotic.
Its just the information overload environment produces more triggers. Reduce news and social media off consumption and it feels much less chaotic.
Info overload especially constantly looking at problems above the pay grade/skill level are just going to screw with the head.
Think about your first job, did you try to understand or solve everything the team faced when there was chaos? Initially you might try, but over time you settle into a role where you fit and tune other things out.
These days whenever I feel the urge go down some social media/news generated rabbit hole, I just open Khan Academy or ChatGPT and start talking/looking up some solved problem. Not the unsolvable stuff. It turns out more satisfying than consuming news or social media stuff. Other option is a good game. Changes my mood a lot.
What happens when production outpaces consumption or supply over shoots demand? Naturally hiring will slow, mergers and consolidation, cost cutting via relying on tech and more automation.
We have sort of peaked in how much people's Attention can be milked. In both time and cash. They just don't like talking about it.