The Dot-Com Bubble Explained Like You're 5

You woke up a millionaire and by dinner you were broke — no war, no villain, just a number on a screen that went up and up and then took five trillion dollars off a cliff with it. This is the story of the dot-com bubble told like you're five: the sock puppet selling dog food at a loss, the day-trading grandmas, the "just add dot-com" magic spell, the day it all peaked on March 10th, 2000, and the quiet, very real human wreckage left behind when the magic line finally turned around and never bounced back. So how did the smartest people on Earth talk themselves into setting fire to five trillion dollars — and have we actually learned anything, or is the same machine just waiting for the next crowd? #dotcombubble #stockmarket #stockmarketcrash #investing #financehistory #economics #bubble #wallstreet #nasdaq #marketcrash #financialhistory #petsdotcom #fomo #y2k #greaterfooltheory #moneyexplained #economicbubble #investingmistakes #financeexplained #marketpsychology