What exactly are we being distracted by on the internet and television? The flourishing unbridled creativity of millions of people like us, far more than ever before in history, no?
If people were the same back then:-
Most people hung out and watched the Camels being carved, many watched others `reacting` to the Camel carvings, and a few critiqued the Carvings.
Only a few did the carving.
The day archeologists declare they've excavated a meme that's "older than the tiktok", you'll be proven right.