For some solid anti-doom & gloom arguments, I can only recommend an article about the later "doomslayer" Julian Simon in Wired magazine some years ago. It's a great read as well: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.02/ffsimon_pr.html
A lot of Julian Simon's articles are available here: http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Colleges/BMGT/.Faculty/JSimon/
- Jan
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"Doctor how can you diagnose someone with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and then act like I had some choice about barging in here right now?" -- As Good As It Gets