You might be onto something. e.g. compare: A bored person in a car with the radio on, stuck in traffic, in 1970, imagines the freedom, the sheer dopamine rush

You might be onto something. e.g. compare: A bored person in a car with the radio on, stuck in traffic, in 1970, imagines the freedom, the sheer dopamine rush of escaping by soaring away on a full-throttle personal jetpack, like "the right stuff" had finally trickled down. A bored person in a chair with a podcast on, stuck at home, in 2021, refreshing their social media. Watches a jetpack video on TikTok. Shrugs and moves on to the next distraction.