Uh...making myself essential at my day job and working on my technology based startup concept at night. Unless it's TEOTWAKI, not seeing those fundamental needs

Uh...making myself essential at my day job and working on my technology based startup concept at night. Unless it's TEOTWAKI, not seeing those fundamental needs being reduced. Candidly, if it is the TEOTWAKI in the US, what makes you think the rest of the world will be much better? (I'm thinking of Gremlins II - "we're advising our clients to go long canned food and shotguns")