If you are reading this column, the world still exists.

This should come as a relief to anyone who has been reading the commentary about the United Kingdom¡¯s allegedly terrifying and catastrophic vote to leave the European Union. The vote could lead, some forecasters say, to a global recession (one that, knowing today¡¯s press, will inevitably be called a ¡°Brecession¡°).

¡°We could yet see European countries doing what they have done for centuries ¡ª physically attack one another,¡± worries one thinker consulted by Politico about the fallout. Political scientist Ian Bremmer called Brexit ¡°the most significant political risk the world has experienced since the Cuban Missile Crisis.¡±