Average person in developed countries spend more than few hours consuming media every day even more so in the US. Why do we think this is sustainable? I have a

Average person in developed countries spend more than few hours consuming media every day even more so in the US. Why do we think this is sustainable? I have always wondered the second order effect of binging so much media and it kind of shows these days with people being dumbfounded/superficial and making connections where none exists.