I am willing to find and interested in projects which do not seek to jump on the "trending narratives."
Trending narratives by definition says you are hoping on the hot topics and "following the ass-end" of the crowd/heard. Where are the bold people who actually want to try new things and jump ahead of the crowd? Many people claim to want that, but they often do not act that way when given a chance. Have others noticed this reality in the BTC community, and many other places?
Three of the trending narratives in crypto atm are Gaming, AI and DePIN. All have gained massive popularity over the past year or so. I don't have precise stats to prove, but I'd say gaming still remains the biggest, with AI coming in close second.
So far we are yet to see much money flowing into DePIN. But there has certainly been a fair bit of interest in it. I'm curious about which you would opt for if you had to pick between a project in one of each of the three narratives above.