[PessimalDecimal]

This seems like the point of the hype and why it has so much traction.

I suspect this hype cycle won't end until a new one forms, whether technology or some catastrophic event (disease, war) changes focus and allows the same delaying tactics.

[lavarnann]

Every disaster, man-made or not, will be used to drive shock therapy.

Look at stock prices trajectory before and after COVID.

When this bubble bursts, the ensuing chaos will be used in a similar manner.