but very few make it to the other side unscathed. That's why the media selectively loves to promote that one kid that sold an NFT, that one chick that sold at the top, that one guy who YOLO'd in to give you a false sense of it being achievable for you.

I think there's this thing called "survivorship bias" or something. It's when people don't get fed the whole story. They tend to focus on those very few who made it to the top or those who sold high but what about the rest who failed and lost some money lol.