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2/ (Disclaimer, tulip manias as popularly understood -- as representative irrational bubbles, whatever the latest revisionist history says)
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5/ It was not just an evolutionary cul de sac... it didn't even do much exciting twisting and branching on the way to a dead end
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6/ Tulip manias otoh are complex... there's a lot of excitement, and _apparently_ a story to tell, with events, players, developments, news
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9/ If there are no complicated branchings and twists and turns to the story it's a pet rock. Test: it's a wikipedia 1-pager.
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