> The fact that there is so much money, SO much money, being thrown around This is the kind of thing that happens when the wealthiest people have so much more

> The fact that there is so much money, SO much money, being thrown around This is the kind of thing that happens when the wealthiest people have so much more than everyone else: there are enough people with vast amounts of money that they have no idea what to do with that they can easily fund a bubble like this, especially when they are promised by smart-sounding geeks that this is The Next Big Thing that will a) let them get in on the ground floor of a whole new currency, and b) give them a way to leverage their wealth to retain and increase their power as we gradually move more and more toward a post-scarcity society.