E.B. White’s Beautiful Letter to a Man Who Had Lost Faith in Humanity
Following the Last Few Years I’m Feeling Empty and More Cynical Than Ever. I’m Losing Faith in Other People, and I’m Scared to Pass These Feelings to My Little Son. Do You Still Believe in Us (Human Beings)?
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Musician Nick Cave on cynicism and hopefulness:
"Cynicism is not a neutral position — and although it asks almost nothing of us, it is highly infectious and unbelievably destructive. In my view, it is the most common and easy of evils. I know this because much of my early life was spent holding the world and the people in it in contempt. It was a p... See more
"Cynicism is not a neutral position — and although it asks almost nothing of us, it is highly infectious and unbelievably destructive. In my view, it is the most common and easy of evils. I know this because much of my early life was spent holding the world and the people in it in contempt. It was a p... See more
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Hopepunk, she told me, ‘Says that people are petty, cruel and mean, but also people are amazing and our communities are capable of incredible things … We also have a huge capacity to do good and to take care of each other and make the world a better place… [It’s about] radical kindness.’17
Rob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
The headlines of our time are all about decline, decay, catastrophe, tragedy. And they are true. But there is another truth. Dig a little, get beneath the surface, and we find people like these across the world, in every neighbourhood and every sector of society. This is why their stories, though uniquely individual, are at the same time remarkably
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