Great essay Nora. Some 3rd worlders are also high on cyber currencies, and how is that working out for them? Note: https://medium.com/@daneke/it-is-a-thing-thing-openai-artificial-general-intelligence-and-the-emergence-of-alien-life-on-432877b548c3 PS: The "irrational exuberance" for AI may soon cause another financial crisis. PPS: Anthropologists make the best economists, see; Veblen.