"Proof of stake is a scam and the people promoting it are scammers" [0]
> humans figuring out how to do something they want to do
Humans don't want tulips that much (or monkey GIFs, or Amway toothpaste, or whatever the scheme du jour is). They want to get rich quick, and to show off their status to their peer group.
If collecting tulips however is destroying the planet, you and I have a responsibility to make this scheme unfeasible.
[0] https://yanmaani.github.io/proof-of-stake-is-a-scam-and-the-...