While I agree that it is part of the human condition, I think it is getting progressively worse. Maybe it's the lack of boredom, maybe it's all the plastics, maybe it the parmecutical contamination in the food and water.

But I remeber there being a lot more garage bands, artists (who actually developed impressive skills), skateboarders pushing the limits of their abilities and just a lot more people with focused hobbies back in the 90's. Now there seems to be infinite access to materials that would take those people to a new level but everyone has regressed to stage one or worse, not having any hobbies at all.

My conspiracy oriented brain suspects there might be a sinister plan behind it all. Slowly moving all of society into psychosis, medicating more and more people as they slide deeper into debilitating levels. Until the entire spectrum of adhd is so extreme everyone needs to be on some level of drugs to function. Then we will all be slaves to their pills, and they will fuck us and pimp us like the drug dealers do to highschool party girls they get hooked on free party drugs then pull the free supply when they are hooked.