Reading about the South Sea Bubble and the tulip mania and the railway mania and somehow we still act surprised every time people get weird about speculative assets. We’re like goldfish but for specifically financial crises
'Why don't people just [simple solution]' is always asked by someone who doesn't understand the problem, doesn't understand humans, or doesn't understand both. AKA, Hacker News.
'Touch grass' is what extremely online people tell other extremely online people as if taking a 20 minute walk will cure the spiritual rot of spending 8 hours a day in the discourse mines