This time really is different

Every time something big seems to happening when it comes to the world of money and investment and the market, that old saw "This time it's different" is bandied about to justify the hype and huge sums of money being put in.

Up top, a graphic from the Wall Street Journal that seems to form a factual basis for the claim: the sum of the percentages of GDP for the nation's three giant booms over the past 200 years is about equal to that of projected AI spending from now until 2032.

It would appear we're just getting started on this ride, being only a year in.

I wonder what our world will be like in 2032: can't hardly wait!