It’s in no small part due to massive ICO events where spin-off coins with no utility and no actual value generate millions and millions of dollars in imaginary value through pump and dump schemes, because there’s no realistic way to short sell them and everyone involved has a vested interest in the price rising.
I usually write down everything and then go back through and determine what's worthwhile. There's almost always gold that I never would have remembered had I not written it down.
I find it interesting that a self professed lawyer would create an account on a technology news website during an election year and regularly post against government regulation. How do you have so much time to argue against climate change and other "liberal" topics?
Uber takes $1.55 off the top for a booking fee and then 28% of the remaining fare. On a short trip it ends up being about 50% of the total. Of course they don't tell you that when they advertise that drivers make $19/hr (in fares). Lyft charges the same $1.55 fee and takes 25%.