added by sari and · updated 2y ago
Optimism
Optimists move the world forward. There’s something deeply optimistic about entrepreneurship, the idea that it’s possible to create things that have never existed, and find a market for them.
from Optimism by Packy McCormick
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
- It’s not blind optimism, but it’s not pessimism. It’s the very optimistic belief that things will inevitably go wrong, but that each new challenge is an opportunity for further progress.
from Optimism by Packy McCormick
Stuart Evans added 2y ago
- Anything great humans have achieved started from a place of optimism, of believing that by increasing knowledge, despite stumbling blocks, we can improve the human condition.
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Stuart Evans added 2y ago
- pessimists seem smart, and optimists seem naive. But the facts support the optimists, and culture needs to shift to support them as well, not to avoid a terrible future (although a more cynical future sounds terrible), but to create a much better one.
from Optimism by Packy McCormick
Stuart Evans added 2y ago
- It’s easier to picture how things might go wrong than how they might go right. Given the unlimited upside of things going right, though, it’s important to fight that natural bias.
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Stuart Evans added 2y ago
Optimism is the meta that defines the rate of progress, and progress translates into longer, healthier, wealthier, and happier lives for more people.
from Optimism by Packy McCormick
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
- Pessimistic scopes – estimating that a project will take longer than it actually should and setting goals around that estimate – pushes out the time to complete the project. Setting an optimistic scope, however, makes the project move faster.
from Optimism by Packy McCormick
Stuart Evans added 2y ago
- Criticism is crucial, but pessimism – “a tendency to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen; a lack of hope or confidence in the future” – is actively harmful on both individual and societal levels.
from Optimism by Packy McCormick
Stuart Evans added 2y ago
- Optimism is the meta that defines the rate of progress, and progress translates into longer, healthier, wealthier, and happier lives for more people.
from Optimism by Packy McCormick
Stuart Evans added 2y ago