Just a few decades back, people were in awe of things such as: dinosaurs, space travel, aliens, sea travel, flight, robots, etc.

We eagerly hopped on fantastic adventures to strange new worlds.

These days, all people seem to be interested in is other people.

What happened?

I have a theory. “New” things have become harder to come by.

So, without many “new” things to flaunt, all that remains are things we have always and will always be fascinated by:

Good stories involving people we care about (or involving people we can relate to).