Who knew?  It’s not the technology economy or the service economy that drives our nation’s Gross Domestic Product.  It’s the connection economy, a sector that the COVID-19 virus has sadly brought into a swift and costly downfall, and likely business-altering event. The connection economy consists of activities where people convene proactively for fun, commerce, or learning activities. Sports. Education. Restaurants and bars. Movies. Sightseeing activities.  Office, plant, and location work. In-store retail. Canceling an event has significant multiplier effects on industries that are part of the process. Consider the cancelation of the Final Four NCAA tournament.  Plane fares, gasoline, restaurants, hotels, Lyft/Uber drivers, t-shirt companies, arena fees, and contract work all disappear.  The cancelation of South by Southwest will cost Austin $355 million, and that does not include all the ad agencies and performance artists whose work disappeared. And these examples are merely…