stranger than heaven: Historians Draw Startling Parallel Between Current Tech Boom and the Dutch Tulip Mania of 1637
As the AI stock frenzy reaches fever pitch, economic historians are pointing out a chilling resemblance to the 17th-century Dutch Tulip Mania, a bubble that famously ended with whole fortunes evaporating overnight. The current obsession with digital tokens and AI-driven "miracles" is, they argue, **stranger than heaven**—a phrase that perfectly captures the irrational exuberance that once saw a single tulip bulb trade for more than a house. The question now is whether this modern parallel will end with a similar, spectacular crash.