I am an optimist. It helps that I have seen this cycle before in the late seventies. People spoke then of the new normal and that's a phrase that is trending once again.

I spent my early youth in the newsroom and the tools I used everyday have become a trip back in a time machine for todays students: http://journoterrorist.com/2011/08/02/paperball2/

Technology and entrepreneurs will bail us out once again. Lots of fortunes have been wagered and lost betting against America.