The purpose of talking about the price, is that it is being used as a proxy mechanism to determine if Bitcoin is "crossing the chasm" from the technology orien

The purpose of talking about the price, is that it is being used as a proxy mechanism to determine if Bitcoin is "crossing the chasm" from the technology oriented early adopters, to the much wider, non tech, early majority. Then the bandwagon effect will (presumably) kick in and Bitcoin will become truly entrenched.