When the good news punches through the bad.

I can't remember a time when there was this much bad news out there! Wildfires, financial catastrophe, hurricanes - it just doesn't stop!
Thankfully, I had something of an epiphany last night as I was driving in my car listening to radio news. There was a 30 second news story about a new tuberculosis detection system that had been developed with military funding, and was now being developed for medical use.
Then the station went back to describing the conflagration of wildfires in Southern California. And I thought, "Wait a minute!" That little piece about the new medical device is more significant than that. In fact, there are about a half-dozen technology news items that come out in a single day, and they never fail to be about new discoveries or processes that could someday make our lives much better and easier. Sooner or later, all these discoveries are going to add up to a much more tech-enriched existence for all of us, far outweighing the momentary bad news that the media focus on. Isn't THAT good news?