We have reached late-stage capitalism. This is the era where businesses, investors and even the layperson will try everything they possibly can to capitalize on literally anything and every situation. The increasingly diverse stock industry and the booming crypto mining industry can be seen as one of the many aspects of late-stage capitalism. There is no single way to define late-stage capitalism, as the effects are most often seen on a micro scale and the scope is very broad as a result of the plethora of industries.
Some of the various examples of late-stage capitalism could include, but are not limited to: profiting off of your attractive physique, selling your personal data, selling your poop, [dropshipping], house flipping, game companies making every single game [pay-to-win], news corporations putting paywalls on their news sites, smartphone companies removing the [headphone] jack to save money, paying people to say positive [affirmations], etc etc.
Essentially, it is capitalism but 10x more savage.
Sean Ward
Because he has to do something in his free time
