There’s no doubt that we live in tough times after a week like this one. And while I’m not a financial analyst, I have a suggestion: Let’s all take a deep breath and spend a few moments thinking about the counterintuitive actions we should be taking to help the tech industry and ourselves.

No, I am not talking about picking stocks, which I am absolutely terrible at anyway. But there are going to be technologies that will benefit from the financial meltdowns we are witnessing, and it’s time to get some perspective.

You can read more in my post for Infoworld’s Tech Bottom Line column, which I am subsituting for Bill Snyder during the month of October.