I think the trick here is _cautious optimism_. Yes, bunch of things suck really badly, and there is serious danger lurking on the horizon. But we're also incre

I think the trick here is _cautious optimism_. Yes, bunch of things suck really badly, and there is serious danger lurking on the horizon. But we're also increasing the power of the individual to rise above all sorts of problems with pervasive learning and commerce opportunities. You help a billion people live ten years longer and receive a decent education? You've done probably more good than allowing some western countries to become police states. It's all relative. As an artist, I find it much more important to keep finding flaws in my work and improving, but I can't do that to the extent of missing out on smelling the roses. Or -- yeah bud, but things still suck! :)