Realized now I read the piece a too sloppily and read "probably. Lots" as "probably not". So not as bad as I thought. > without things that give people a buzz,

Realized now I read the piece a too sloppily and read "probably. Lots" as "probably not". So not as bad as I thought. > without things that give people a buzz, the world would still be in the economic dark ages. I doubt the economic history is clear on this point.