I made money during the dotcom era but am still negative because it reminds me of the worst parts of day trading. Not pets.com or Kozmo, which for all of their flaws were at least building something lots of people want to buy (both could have worked with less rushed expansion), but the sleazy pump-and-dump companies which had “here a miracle happens” in their business plans. I remember so many people doing the same “who cares about value, this number is going up!” pitch.
Question: does being old enough to have lost money* - and having done so** - back in the .com bubble correlate with whether you're positive or negative about Web3 ?
"This Time Is Different" has been said by sales types since at least the year 1637
* Full disclosure: yes, I am
** Full disclosure: yes, I did .. not enough to have mattered, but enough to [still] remember