[ada1981]

There is more and more pressure to signal fame & success...

It's a big act that needs constant reinforcement via social media.

Our narcissism has reached a fever pitch while the traditional methods of success no longer support the aspirational narrative.

It's no longer work hard, goto college, get a house and family..

Everyone needs to be a motivational / spiritual / business guru with a million followers, "passive income" and a schedule of traveling the world to exotic locales.

That lifestyle is also required now, not in 50 years, so fake it till you make it and bring on the debt / Airbnb / Lyft "sidehustle".

CryptoCurrency is the only lottery ticket left that provides any appearance of hope of covering people's bets and supports the current narratives of unbounded wealth with little to no work.