From Horse and Buggy to Cars and how it's deja vu all over again!

"Those who ignore the past are condemned to repeat it."  I've heard this quote often and I agree with it.  My question is: does it apply to the changes going on in the U.S. right now as we evolve from a manufacturing society to an "e-" society?   Click this link and read the story that I think offers parallels between what happened at the "last"turn-of-the-century and what's happening today.  I guess we all know in our guts that this country is going through a major shift, but this time we don't have huge factories or The New Deal to save us!  I heard a story on the radio the other day about "business gardening" and how cities are trying to help new, small businesses get started.  Great.  Unfortunately, this still leaves millions of unemployed people who might as well have been blacksmiths (you know what they are, right??) in a past life.  We all really need to use our wits these days to survive and  basically many of us will just need to start over.  Chuck the old rules and make your own.  We're modern day Pioneers who, unfortunatley, can't "go west".  We can only "go inward"..... or maybe relocate?