I think the point he almost makes about there not being many jobs anyway is a good one. when there are lots of well paying jobs, there is social pressure to tak

I think the point he almost makes about there not being many jobs anyway is a good one. when there are lots of well paying jobs, there is social pressure to take one. When things are quiet, there is less of that pressure to go get a nice job, and you can take your time (kind of forced to). I think someone else mentioned it here as "someone else moved your cheese" - I like that.