June 16, 2008
I seem to be alone
Like many people, the current economic turmoil is having a direct impact on my life, amplified by ill health over the last six months that has severely limited my capacity for action. But despite all that I feel surprisingly optimistic. In my naive, bright little ray of sunshine in a cruel dark world way, I can see some exciting opportunities ahead. The positive side of what is happening now is that it sweeping some of the nonsense of the last thirty years or so out of the way. Just maybe now, we can stop rearranging the deck chairs of the Titanic and get down to the real business of muddling our way through to a better, more enjoyable world for our grandchildren and their children and the generations that could follow.
Am I alone in my optimism?
Posted by richard at June 16, 2008 01:33 PMHi Richard: Yes, I feel some paradoxical optimism about the economic downturn too. It feels too me like a reality check that's been looong overdue.
Posted by: Johnnie Moore at July 6, 2008 10:49 AMJohnnie, good to hear from you. It does seem like a reality check that is having a real impact on peoples' behaviour in quite a positive way. This morning reading about how petrol prices are bringing about quite radical changes in the US I found myself hoping that they wont come down too soon (I am expect an oil price crash at some point) so that some of these changes can bed in.
Posted by: richard at July 6, 2008 02:02 PM