>> well, i think the recent book freedom by jonathan franzen does a really good job of illustrating the big problem, i think, in our life-- that we've essentially... because we can... we have the, quote, right to do whatever we want at any point in time, that we have lost sight of having that formula or even a criteria by which to judge how we're supposed to live. and that makes it really complicated. how are we supposed to know what we want? how are we supposed to know whether what we have chosen is what we should have chosen, what will do us well in the long run? and that at times makes us depressed. >> hinojosa: is there a sense that... the moment in history that we're living in this country right now, there is so much uncertainty about everything. >> yes. >> hinojosa: i mean, everything. and therefore... and there are so many different ways in which, you know, if you're unemployed, how are you going to do this, you know, establishing a new career. i mean, we are overwhelmed with a kind of a crisis, and then lots of possibilities. and you say that it can be depressing. >> it can be d