If the New York Times is still in business, you’re not late to bitcoin.

The first phase of waking up is extremely lonely. You have your old social circle but new opinions. You stop seeing eye-to-eye with people you used to always agreed with. You wonder if you’re the crazy “conspiracy theorist.” Then, you meet new people that reassure you that you are not, in fact, crazy. This doesn’t mean you have to abandon your old friends, but after you wake up, you also need new likeminded friends to keep you on the right path.