doesnt seem to have a place, except to warm up the planet and cause pollution. p

It has a place, but not as a pale shadow of the dot com bubble.

The "dot com bubble" led to where we are today. Yes there was a massive speculative bubble but 20ish years later look at the number of Trillion dollar companies that came out of it, how ubiquitous the technology is, and how impactful its been on global society.

The potential for those outcomes is why Venture Capital is willing to light hundreds of billions of dollars on fire.