I don’t know why, but over the past two years, I’ve kept seeing post-2000s who are into Web3 talk about the miserable experiences of their youth—almost as if taking this path today was forced on them, a matter of helplessness. While excusing themselves, they also manage to express a kind of “inspirational” spirit, which then draws empathy from a whole bunch of similarly disillusioned others.

However, in reality, these “disillusioned” ones are harvesting the same kind of social bottom layer as themselves—people who are even worse off. Logically, these people should end up becoming disillusioned too, but among them, most are not well-off, yet they’re still diligent, hardworking, ordinary people in society. In the end, the boomerang still ends up facing their former selves.