What Does the “Vibe Shift” Really Mean?

How the end of novelty is crippling creative industries.

Lately, I’ve been on a fraudster kick. The Dropout is just the second in a trio of biopics about business-savvy con artists to appear on the streaming stage. Netflix has Inventing Anna, Hulu has The Dropout, and soon, Apple + will have WeCrashed, the story of Adam and Rebecca Neumann and the rise and fall of WeWork.

Most of the audience for these shows will find the stories familiar. Each of them has already been the subject of a magazine…