which is the collapse of authority and its substitution with power or success as a value in its own right. those institutions that were centers of authority had a lot of work to do to make themselves worthy of it. but the corrosive cynicism that went into your comment of your companion at the gym, erodes the foundations of a democracy. it has to have institutions at some level, you trust. >> we have to close on a high note. give us one event -- one event that we should look forward to in 2017. >> okay, sure. this might sound a little django-i django-istic. in august, there's a total solar ellipse, whose landfall is only in america. >> an american eclipse. >> the moon's shadow hits earth. in the pacific northwest, and