As I write this, within a 12 month period the world has been rocked by magnitude defying natural disasters.
Earthquakes, tsunamis, inept corrupt politicians, drought, floods and people spewing prophecy about when the world will end.
Actually, to be more specific, human life may end but the world itself will supposedly implode upon itself at some point or the other or the sun will eventually turn into a black hole thus rendering life in its vicinity pretty much guaranteed death, in like 4 billion years.
Since thats going to happen anyway, and we're all going to die some time, why spend time worrying about it when life has so many more things for you to worry about?
Also, in every catastrophe, there is opportunity.
Eg. South Korean - North Korean stand off, currency dips, stabilizes, goes up. Or at least that would have been the theory.
Government losses of RM51 million for low cost housing over 3/5 years? It means that if managed properly, business's stand to make profits in excess of RM51 million via investment in low cost housing. This may pale in comparison to other large developments but its mostly to illustrate the point.
In fact, as I write this now, in Google News an article just popped up saying the Yen has increased in anticipation of the inflow of foreign funds into the country.
And other after effects of these are an increased need for insurance where instead of being sold, it will be bought.
Religious institutions will probably see an increase in their membership numbers.
Fire and rescue services will garner more attention as well as attention to engineers who had the foresight and design mastery to build monuments that survived this disaster.
More research into detecting earthquakes (or you could just build a dog translator, if thats easier), medical supplies will report increased profits, a round of stimulus to rebuild infrastructure, demand for bereavement services.
Within every negative event lies opportunity.
And that should apply to us all in our daily lives as well.
On an unrelated note, i have nothing else to say.