I had a similar experience but don’t belittle yourself. YOU did the work. Your friend can introduce you to it but he can’t make you listen to the podcast, read, and think about it. He can’t upload the knowledge from his brain into yours. And unfortunately, that curiosity that drove you to make your life better doesn’t exist in most people. I’ve been a bitcoin maxi for nearly 2 years now and I haven’t been able to orange pill anyone. No one cared to learn or ask questions until this recent pump. Even still, they are not trying to understand it.