There doesn't seem to be anything new and exciting going on these days.
No fads taking everyone by storm. No new technology everyone is discussing (AI is pretty meh at the moment, especially with the censorship). No new entertainment everyone has to see.
Maybe I'm out of the loop but I don't feel I am. Anyone else kinda feel this way?
Yes, I do feel this is why things aren't developing also. I've noticed this issue specifically.
There just doesn't seem to be local niches of anything that develops.
Part of the issue is that it seems like no one explores anymore either because there's nothing new to find.
You used to be able to go out to some nightclub where some DJ was spinning at and it would be the only place you'd hear that music. This made it unique and that in itself was half the hook. You'd tell your friends who'd tell their friends and it would become popular but it was unique and localized then it would "explode" into something national or global.
Now, anything you'd witness in-person is already on YouTube and someone has already seen it before. This makes "exploring" the real world kind of lackluster and there's nothing local that's so unique everyone has to go and see it, they can just watch the YouTube clip.
This seems to stifle the ability of anything to really take off. It's found out and ridden through nearly immediately then everyone doesn't care anymore.