My guess is ADHD people are drawn to the software industry. Open source is probably fueled by it. It’s a spectrum and I think a lot more people are on the spectrum than they realize.
It’s a constant pursuit for new stuff. Sometimes this can be good, but other times it’s just new for the sake of being different.
I think the minions are surprisingly to blame for a lot of the problems with tech. The tech debt excuse is of our own doing.