Is that all you've got!?

'Steve' on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:53:56 GMT, sez:

Seriously the best current affairs blog post I've read for some while now.

'www.codingthewheel.com' on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:48:23 GMT, sez:

Sing out the truth. Most of what we're seeing in the news, and on reddit, and on Digg, regarding the so-called "global financial meltdown" is fearmongering and what's worse, it's fear-mongering for profit. Glib proclamations of future doom cunningly designed to accumulate pageviews and generate "buzz". I say BRING IT ON. Let's divest ourselves of all this BS wealth we've accumulated and start building real value again, starting by firing every CEO who participated in the crisis and every blogger who gave it steam. Enough is enough. Bring on the frigging aliens, let the zombies attack, I'm ready.

'Matthew Martin' on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:02:38 GMT, sez:

Yeah, and I want more pirates in the news, too.

'dysfunctor' on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:06:03 GMT, sez:

As a trained economist (to my shame) all I can say is:

This is not a global meltdown. Some people bet their shirts and lost. That's all. Nothing that happened was real. The factories, farms and offices are all still there.

The only thing that really changed is sentiment -- we've lost our confidence -- but that will return.

By the way, the Wall Street Crash did *not* cause the Great Depression. It was caused by perverse post-Crash policy responses. There are those in the US who would love to repeat those mistakes but, as luck would have it, WTO rules prevent them from doing too much damage.

That's not to say that we *won't* have another Great Depression. I'm just saying there's no particular reason for thinking that we should have one just now.

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'Jivtesh' on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:07:57 GMT, sez:

Totally agree ! The melodrama content is kinda on the leaner side ... We deserve better ...

'Joe' on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:47:33 GMT, sez:

This? This is nothing. I've seen worse than this.

'Matt Casto' on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:24:09 GMT, sez:

I love this post. I'm going to print it out and put it under my pillow.

'oseRob' on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:53:54 GMT, sez:

Hear Hear!

'Emad Ibrahim' on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:35:46 GMT, sez:

All you can do is sync all your code and databases locally to your laptop so if the world is ending you will at least get 3 or 4 hours of coding, maybe 5 if you dim your screen brightness...

'Ben' on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:58:27 GMT, sez:

Oh, this is WHY i read your blog. I love your sense of humor!!! Great post!!

'Rice Crispie' on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:16:38 GMT, sez:

Dead on!

'DavidStein' on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:36:42 GMT, sez:

I guess I'm late to the party here, but I really enjoyed this post.

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