[b3ing]

1929 flashback? We already had a pandemic but no booming times

[Ekaros]

It has been amazingly booming if you have had money in any market... But poor are forgotten.

[bluefirebrand]

Markets might be booming but society sure isn't. Everyone's miserable and burned out and broke.

[kolinko]

it may depend on where you live and who you hang around with

[Avicebron]

Which usually depends on how much money you make!

[naveen99]

Except most people have general ai for free or $20/month.

[bluefirebrand]

That's not really very useful if you're struggling to make rent or put food on the table :/

[nyc_data_geek1]

You can't eat AI slop

[cyanydeez]

nah, more recent is dotcom bust. lots of circular funding on ephemeral services that have zero physical basis or equates to real gdp output.