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For those of you cheering for the AI bubble to pop...
...are you not scared shitless?
This is not the dotcom bust, and it's far fucking worse than the 2008 housing crisis. And to think when I was young the Savings and Loan crisis was a big deal. We're on the edge of Great Depression 2.0.
Serious question: what if I am, and have no idea how to prep for it?
My pension and other things are tied up in stocks and such, if there's a crash coming I'd think cash under the pillow would be better than stocks. But how do you do that, with your pension?
I moved the majority of my 401k allocations to international markets and have stopped contributing more than the match minimum. I've lost on some serious short term gains but I'm not risking holding the bag with my kid's future.