The Dictatorship of Cultural Bingeing: Excess Consumption vs. Autonomy

• Modern cultural industries promote "cultural bingeing" through overproduction and algorithmic design, keeping the public in a state of constant consumption.
• A shift is occurring away from FOMO (fear of missing out) toward JOMO (the joy of missing out), advocating for the rejection of hyper-consumption in favor of selective, autonomous engagement.
• There is a growing need to reframe culture not as a disposable industrial commodity, but as a shared asset and an ecological practice.

Digital Overstimulation and Alienation

• Platform algorithms fragment attention and provide constant dopamine hits, often leading to insomnia and profound emptiness.
• Marta Peirano argues that tech giants employ teams of experts specifically tasked with manipulating users into passive consumption habits.
• Resistance to this digital enclosure includes returning to active, decentralized search behaviors and community-building, reminiscent of the early 2000s internet.

The Paradox of Macro-Events

• Massive music festivals and concerts often prioritize tourism industry profits over the needs of local communities, frequently occupying and commodifying public spaces.
• Nando Cruz notes that these "macro-events" deteriorate labor conditions for creators and reduce music to mere background noise for consumer experiences.
• Frequent event cancellations signal that the bubble created by the pursuit of constant growth and large-scale funding in the live music sector may be unsustainable.

Toward an Ecological Culture

• Alternatives such as "micro-festivals" and self-managed leisure activities are emerging as ways to reclaim autonomy from the industry’s alienating models.
• Juan Evaristo Valls Boix characterizes the transition to JOMO not as a withdrawal from the world, but as a political act that resists the capitalist demand for infinite growth and constant self-optimization.
• By politicizing our exhaustion and opting to "stay put" rather than consume everything, we can foster cultural habits that are more communal, ecological, and resilient to algorithmic anxiety.