It’s human nature to pattern-match experiences. As the number of experiences grows, more fit into something seen before. So, yes, we’re just getting old.

No, global capitalism and franchise agglomeration have resulted in a flattening of experience. Big global cities all around the world look more and more like each other, with the same franchises and extremely similar offerings everywhere. Young people are having a more homogenized, globalized experience as they grow up online. Teenagers around the world watching the same media and existing in the same shared media-space.