# AI Tokenmaxxing and Hypomania

> Source: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583140>
> Published: 2026-06-18 09:59:48+00:00

Been thinking about the whole ‘tokenmaxxing’ thing going on within companies. Couldn’t shake the feeling that it has all the symptoms of a mass hypomania. Now that ideas are churned, validated, and even built at the speed of thought, it feels there’s a huge surplus of energy that keeps competing in a rapidly changing tech landscape and fuelling this towards a full blown mania. It’s deeply alarming to even think about the downstream effects of the whole collective cementing a new baseline, forcing a cascade effect on society into a severe dissociation.

I'd love to understand HN folks thoughts here. Do you folks notice this pattern inside your orgs?

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