My ride from San Francisco Airport to Redwood Shores, Calif., tells the story of my entire trip to the West Coast last week. Southbound on Route 101, traffic was lighter than I was accustomed to in my more than 10 years of visiting the area. Northbound, there was a five-mile backup, which caused me to miss a meeting later on in the city. Two sides of the road, two different stories, and that’s this recession in microcosm. Innovation continues even while the economy rights itself and older companies like GM deal with bankruptcy courts.

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