This is essentially what I was driving at here, jswinghammer, that flattening history is a disservice to the people who lived it. The people on the street and t

This is essentially what I was driving at here, jswinghammer, that flattening history is a disservice to the people who lived it. The people on the street and the people at the Apple keynote were all living during this enormous recession, and neither group would tell the whole story. Ultimately, I intended this to call attention to how important daily, personal events shape us, but larger national-level events often act as labels that don't get at the day-to-day meaning.