There will be a desperate scramble for new ideas. This usually happens in response to an event like 1929 or 9/11

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William Connolley | February 14, 2017 at 22:15

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> There will be a desperate scramble for new ideas. This usually happens in response to an event like 1929 or 9/11

Errrm, I can’t think of any *good* ideas that came out of 9/11. I can think of many outstandingly bad ones. I agree that upheavals lead to openings for new thought, but neither is an inspiring precedent to cite.