One quest I like to ponder when thinking about the bigger picture is: What will the masses adapt to?
People will ALWAYS adapt. We don't have any other choice. Adapt or die. Get used to something or resist it forever.
I had a past real estate client looking at homes previously and she wanted to keep their max budget to $2,000/month on a house payment. Even with having $200k equity in their current home to roll into a new home, purchasing a new home in the price range they wanted would cost them closer to $3,000/month. We shopped for a month and then they decided to cancel their plans altogether because they couldn't accept the fact that a new home would cost them $3k/month when their current home payment was $1,400/month....
Well, after 2 months of canceling their plans to move she reached out again, and they're now ready to spend $3k/month for a mortgage on a home that gives them what they want for their growing family. What changed? Their mindset adapted to reality. What they once resisted, they now accept and are willing to continue taking action with how reality is, rather than what it used to be.
Adaptation will always win.