I didn't find this comment particularly insightful, novel, or interesting.

  > how many people in tech are feeling a deep malaise for various reasons

I find the defining of things that have happened more than once to be "cycles" in order to somehow rationalize closing off speculation about the future to be simple-minded.

Pretending that everything that has happened will always happen is just brain atrophy, which is why it's mistaken for maturity.

"The DDoS will continue until morale improves."