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 — 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."