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Nah.

My 13" MacBook Pro is 13.3" at 2560x1600 or 227 PPI.

My 24" 4K monitor is 24" at 3840x2160 or 184 PPI.

Your 32" 4K monitor is 138 PPI, so only 60% of the density of MacBook displays.

That doesn’t mean that it’s not at a sufficient pixel density; I can’t discern them in normal operation (display an arm’s length from my eyes).

For one if you're doing 4k video editing you can view the video in its native resolution and see UI elements simultaneously.

That makes the most sense to me; I suspected something like that might be the answer. Thanks!

At 27-inch, 5K gets you 2× the pre-retina resolution.

I have a 31" 4K display and it's nowhere near retina dpi. I run it at 1x