Actually, after considering your book analogy for a bit, I saw the obvious -- your analogy does't work, if you think about it. In the case of Integral, the Emperor has clothes, the crowd is telling Doug that he does't, but the lowly loyal-longs are telling him he does.
As for sharks eating the big fish, well my holdings have dwindles in value, but it has been more like a slow leak in my tire, but I keep watching for a gas station as I putt along with at about 4.5 cents. I sure you have filled up a tire before. Doesn't take long once you hook up to the compressor.
However, I have pumped up a tire with a hand pump -- that took some doing. So lets hope we find a Chevron and not a cyclist having lunch by the side of the road.