Signs of the Times

There is a lot of doom and gloom in the media these days with a lot of references to the great depression even though articles that try to be factual about actual economic measurements show that the statements that they are similar are not valid.

The following signs that are getting some attention at least are trying to be constructive about the situation while being realistic.

This picture is from a Guardian article about how this poster was resurrected from a set which were designed to deal with possible bad news from the second world war. It is very popular especially in Britain right now.

As a reaction to the "Keep Calm" poster, Matt Jones came up with a t-shirt.

The engineer in me likes the second message more. Including the wrenches in the crown.