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• [1] O from Forest Hills August 11, 2008 - 11:02AM

  If you are an optomist and believe in the Secret, yes I can see this.

  
  
• [2] Owen from Rochester August 11, 2008 - 11:08AM

  Please ask your guest what he thinks of Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine." Thanks.

  
  
• [3] brettbarndt@gmail.com from NYC August 11, 2008 - 12:09PM

  The Johnstown disaster also made the community quite a generous one. The Jewish community for years was the top per capita giver in the US for disaster relief as measured by national and international Jewish organizations. After 1889, the tight multi-ethnic Johnstown community really did build a world class community by the 1920s with state-of-the-art schools, civic institutions, and some of the first electrified street car transportation. Eventually, teams from that company went on to transfer skills and technology to newer cities like Miami in the 1910s-20s, my family included.

  This sounds like a good book just like another one I saw about how stock market crashes are good for innovation. I am sure a lucky few who have the current hottest state-of-the-art skills, stamina, hope, clear head, young age, connections, money in the bank, and agile mindset (what did I leave out?) can definitely make that lemonaid.