tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676498006294828421.post5043167493393867797..comments2023-05-10T07:33:26.464-07:00Comments on Blogging the Chip Space: Memes that deserve to dieUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676498006294828421.post-38518454778987552462008-12-07T23:50:19.000-08:002008-12-07T23:50:19.000-08:00The bit about the "Gourmet" mag freelanc...The bit about the "Gourmet" mag freelancer writing a book about cost-saving techniques did, in fact, make me smile. (And also prompt to update my resume...)<br>To your larger point about such enthusiasm over an economic point-in-time that should be anything but positive...perhaps it's just leftover pent-up fin-de-siecle demand that we didn't fully abate 8 years ago with the Y2K bug...<br>But agreed, not many people are putting "depression" into proper context. Consider: NYC workers lined up at the under-construction Empire State bldg, hoping for a chance someone would quit/get fired/injured/killed and thus take their place...and the actual workers above toiling at breakneck pace knowing both their luck at being employed & desperation of potential replacements below. Perhaps look to Detroit for similar hardships?<br>Jim Mnoreply@blogger.com