@emilymbender I think that your more nuanced reality is clearer to those with enough life experience to have seen trends and fads rise and fall, new things become old, etc. It's very easy even for highly intelligent people to get swept up in the excitement of New Things, because the wisdom of perspective doesn't come from intellect but instead from observational experience. I think another significant element is FOMO, which everyone has to some degree. And again, experience mitigates that best.