Not 99% but sure most people just follow and its easier to do so just like following an established path vs trying to find a new one is alot more effort and prone to fail.
I think I has much more fun to find a new bath even if it would not give a great profit. But I understand why others do not think so.
Hypothesis no 6: "If you nostalgically think that there was some time in the past that was more wonderful, profitable and full of great opportunities than the present era, then you are destined to think the same about the present era in some future era". If you miss 2009 in 2025, then you will miss 2025 in (for example) 2033.
Hypothesis no 7: "The greatest profit you can get from history studies, is reaching the hypothesis no 6". There could be the subject "The WINTER" in schools, or at least the subject "The crisis" that is its close relative. When I studied economics almost nothing was talked about these wonderful themes.