Seems to me that more companies than ever are slowly committing suicide—or at least self-mutilation—for the appearance of saving a few bucks. I choose to look at examples of intelligent or daring entrepreneurship as glimpses of the new economy. And when the economic outlook seems bleak, I tell myself that this is the disintegration that precedes rebirth. I prefer to believe that there’s a lot of opportunity for creative, brave, self-employed freelancers, consultants and entrepreneurs to emerge because there sure is a lot of stupidity out there now.