entire nation seemed to be engaged in a “greater-fool” standoff. You bought stock or founded a company because you knew everyone else was doing the same. Most people knew the irrational exuberance was unsustainable, but no one wanted to be the first to admit it. After all, if you could squeeze your IPO out before the window closed, or if you could hold your Yahoo stock long enough for it to double one last time, then you could pick your moment to cash out, hopefully before everyone else got the same idea. In the meantime, you kept your own counsel and shook your head quietly as the last flood
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