"fascinating and yet tedious"
very nice and apt description.
though to be honest, i'm leaning toward tedious at this point.
there's a long run framework which seems to gather force. but there's a short run performance which always tries to tie itself to that long run framework, but which can never seem to do so.
in the end, they have to find folks willing to purchase their stuff. the presumptions that consummation is on its way have proved fairly worthless. and yet the folks who promoted tomorrow the day before yesterday continue to predict.
it becomes a bit tragic to watch the same thing over and over.