Exactly this!

They’re pretending it’s AI, or cryptocurrency, but neither has any use case that anybody wants or needs aside from money laundering and homework cheating

Well sure.

But when the lowest-hanging fruit is all harvested, reaching for the next available thing requires investment and so quarterly profits start dropping. Once the investments have been paid for, profits will never come back to where they were previously so it’s always diminishing returns

Now you’re catching on!

Because anything that isn’t easiest isn’t profitable

The entire crypto industry is just a circle of dogs, all sniffing the butt of the dog ahead as they walk in an endless circle.