Wow .... €50K Headphones ... What next

Insanity sounds like an effective pastime. Us audio kooks should know. 🤑

Schubert, Homo Sapiens is still a very young and undeveloped species. There is a hope that in time it will find less insane ways of living.
But until this happens I would get me Koenigseg Swedish custom sports car for $2 million if I could. I read about it and watched videos, I think it's worth it. I can also see where a lot of resources and innovations went. But I would not spend $1 million on Ferrari, Buggatti, McLaren etc. Nor would I spend $55k on Senheiser phones.
As for farmers, I can never understand them. Maybe it is because in my heart I am a hunter-gatherer.

Inna, Homo Sapiens has very little time left to wise up.
The example I used is just one of thousands .

Pride and its daughter Greed, thinks they can roll forever but Mom Nature always has the last say .

I think, Mom Nature always has every say. First, last and everything in between.
But you are right, big crisis is brewing, and the level of denial by people is incredible. This Homo is not very Sapiens, at least not yet.

Lake Superior is the greatest fresh water body on earth.
There is a toxic mine being built in its watershed whose hyper-toxic wastewater ponds will need to be closely monitored for the next 500 years in the companies own environmental study .
Not approved yet, but it looks like the MN legislature is going to give it the green light for the sake of 300 jobs in depressed northern MN.
You can't make this stuff up .