Novelty fatigue
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Novelty Fatigue
(n.)
(After Alvin Toffler’s The Shock of the New): The tipping with any new technology fashion, fad or bright idea (GPT-3, Lockdown WFH, Crypto, AI art, HDR photography, 3D cinema, Outsourcing, Total Quality Management, Human Resources, when people go, “okay I see what's going on here: this seemed fun but is now kind of tiring and the output is essentially rubbish. Can we all get back to work now?”