Y'know, if I was back in 1933 and suddenly had a crystal ball that would let me see what the future was like in 2009, I'd say "Dude, let's go for it! What the hell have we been doing these past 150 years?" Even with the current financial crisis. I think that people tend to look at the shrinking value of their savings & investments and forget all about things like the interstate highway system, consumer choice on the shelves, household appliances so that housekeeping is no longer a full-time job, microwaves, air conditioning & climate control, television, personal computers, the Internet, cell phones, IPods, antibiotics, cheap food, drinkable tap water (in most places), and so on.