General objection to the rise of crypto skepticism. Tether — is the other shoe still to drop? — Boy, are we suckers for sensation. During Railway Mania in 1840s, one of the more interesting from a long list of times when men succumbed to madness and greed, more than 6,000 miles* of railroads were built in the space of 2 years, with tracks furiously criss-crossing England, as people…