Reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb's work (Black Swan & Antifragility) has brought me peace of mind since the beginning of my foray into cryptocurrencies. The fun part is to diversify and help get good ideas into production.

call for it either "up or down"; most dressed up in clothes, money besides brains believes things can't stand still for while? Why travel to and/or pay to hear predictions of price consolidation or even stagnation.

Haha indeed. Many do love something to follow and end up trading / gambling away to chase ups and downs.