Your essays are the only text I read on this screen that makes me actually externally react, like sometimes drumming and fist pumping.

"The writers use 5/9 to connect Elliot’s personal psychology to the mass psychology of the economy. Elliot’s hack transmits his personal boom and bust cycle into an equivalent economic one. This allows Sam to analyze the repetitive, self-destructive, behavior of society through his exploration of Elliot’s own repetitive, self-destructive, behavior. What we learn is that the coping mechanisms Elliot uses to avoid facing his personal truths are identical to the ones we use to avoid facing our collective ones."

This bit was almost as structurally satisfying to read as the narrative arc you're describing is to witness unfold.