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These days, there's another wave of hot topics rotating, and the timeline is making my head hurt... The attention economy, in simple terms, is about who can pull your emotions away and win. I used to chase after a few, but later I realized that the easiest to get cut is not technology, but the impulse of "I don't want to miss out."
My current simple method: first look at the mechanism, then look at the hype, especially where the punishments or constraints are. Without constraints, it's assumed that people will exploit you to the point of collapse. The blockchain game scene is even more obvious—once inflation starts, studios enter the market, combined with a spiral in coin prices, it's basically countdown time, and retail investors are just running relay races.
I no longer believe in the phrase "everyone is playing, so you must be able to make money." Anyway, I’d rather earn a little less than be led by hot topics and stay up late analyzing why I got caught up. As long as the node doesn’t go offline, that’s enough, for now.