the bear market weed away the newbies, the ones who are only after the price and not the technology, the wannabes and the soft hands. The bear market also switches the focus from price to development.
I haven't seen much more development take place in the current beark market. Everything that most serious projects did and do right now was planned well before the bear market even initiated.
People tend to give a positive twist to anything they see as negative, and the bear market versus the buidl mentality isn't any different. On top of that, after a bear market we're due for another bull market, and all the shitty scam projects and noobs will be back gambling their credit and live savings. Every bull run results in more mainstream adoption and thus more get rich quick noobs. They are here to stay.