They were in 2001 and then again in 2008, and then a lot of then got cleared in a big crypto bust...

It doesn't seem to take too long for them to be back in the saddle. A key ingredient is they get to play with other people's retirement money, and when things get too scary and they might actually be bankrupt, the government floods them with money to keep them happy.

The bubble profiteers have children they leave their fortunes to. They, in-turn, want to hit it big. The grift continues.

Bet

I don't know. I've been through three or four tech bubbles already.

The thing is, there's no lesson for them to learn. They still walk away rich. A bunch of suckers lose their money, sure. But to them, that's the purpose of suckers.

Probably if they can manage to make that brain-computer interface.

I was thinking of the Einstein quote about WW3 and WW4.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/einstein-world-war-iv-sticks-stones/