We’re ‘me-maxxing’ so much, we’re saying 30% fewer words a day than we did 20 years ago
From Tom Wolfe's "Me" decade of the 1970s, to the convenience economy of the 2020s, we're "me-maxxing" our time, and we're talking less as a result.
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Published: 6 August 2026
Source: Fortune AI
Category: News
Topics: Jobs & economy
Retrieved: 7 August 2026
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ethics.ai (6 August 2026), “We’re ‘me-maxxing’ so much, we’re saying 30% fewer words a day than we did 20 years ago,” evidence record 17188, https://ethics.ai/record/17188 (originally published by Fortune AI).
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