it wasn't all bad

often while wringing our hands over the destructive nature of economic slumps we forget about the resilience and creativity of the people most affected.

case in point: out of the rubble of the 2001 tech crash emerged the blogosphere's favorite program, movable type. the ap reports:

None of it would have happened if Mena hadn't grown bored during the post-boom doldrums of early 2001 and decided to write her own blog.
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As Mena blogged, Ben became frustrated in his search for a decent computer programming job. While unemployed, Ben began to work on the computer code that became Movable Type.

no one is happy that the tech crash of 2001 happened, and i'm sure most would drop movable type in a second to get their $80 shares back. but let's look on the bright side for once and admit that even out of bad times good can come, and recognize that such destruction is sometimes necessary to push us to acheive great things.