I've greatly enjoyed this thread, thanks to you and parents for taking the time to write it out. Just wanted to add, putting the "250 billion dollars of wealth

I've greatly enjoyed this thread, thanks to you and parents for taking the time to write it out. Just wanted to add, putting the "250 billion dollars of wealth destroyed" into perspective, that is more or less what Apple's loss of market cap during the last 6 months represents. Granted, that's to a large degree a speculative reduction in wealth. A similar re-valuation of the global car industry's future prospects would cause more mayhem due to well-established investments in supporting industries. It's fascinating how 250 billion dollars in reduced marked cap means "meh, it was overvalued" in Apple's case, whereas it would be a nasty surprise of historic proportions if it happened to the car industry.