Meme coins area great way for the creators to make quick money, as well as the early adopters. Then comes the rug pull...
FUD has always been part of investing, only it's become more mainstream with crypto. Self fulfilling prophecies often come from it, and it alone. Crypto will be more widely accepted as the younger generations take hold, they've grown up with it and understand it better than your average retiree.
English lit? Something that I was never deeply into, although through high school mandatory reading I've read most of the classics including Gilgamesh. One thing that literature teaches us is the human mind can be a very dark place and always has had the capability to commit heinous evil. It's in our genetics sadly... One can only hope that we can learn from past stupidity and become better human beings. However, I'm not holding my breathe...
It certainly doesn't seem like we are heading that way. I just always enjoyed the history and romanticism of the classic works like that. I was probably a bit more of a dreamer in my younger days that I am now.
I hope you are right about crypto. Right now if feels like we are taking some major steps backwards.