@cstross @michael_w_busch
That's like saying the British railway mania left behind a transport backbone that has since served the public good unlike the Dutch tulip bubble, yet it was the former that bankrupted and destroyed the lives of many more people when the bubble inevitably burst
https://youtu.be/D8d6cffG5kk
#TulipMania #RailwayMania #Bubble #BoomBust