The Thursday Murder Club
Most of my optimism comes from history. The older I get, the more interested I become in history. I hated it in high school, but I spend more time reading about history than I ever did before. And the more time I spend studying the past, the more evident it becomes that progress is real, and that we should acknowledge it.
Kevin Kelly • Kevin Kelly on Why Technology Has a Will
Optimism as a Rational Approach
🤔 Adam Mastrioanni considers himself an optimist.
🔮 He believes optimism is a rational approach to life, as expecting the worst can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
✅ While optimism doesn't guarantee good outcomes, pessimism eliminates the possibility of them.
🚀 Mastrioanni's optimism stems from the belief that nu
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You have to have optimism. You have to have energy. You have to create positive energy. - Jeff Bezos
I remain optimistic about the future.
John M. Perkins • One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love
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.
Packy McCormick • Optimism
The future consists not of atoms or bits, but imagination. It is not the endpoint of a deterministic trend, but contingent and always subject to reinvention. The future is a question to be answered by what we choose to do next.