Hope
exploring the enduring concept of hope
Hope
There is strong evidence that hope is good for us, and if imagination helps us to hope, then we should worry if it is blocked.
Geoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination
What is a game?" Marx said. "It's tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. It's the possibility of infinite rebirth, infinite redemption. The idea that if you keep playing, you could win. No loss is permanent, because nothing is permanent, ever
Gabrielle Zevin • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel
Awash in a bleak mediascape, I had simply assumed that optimism had been long exiled to the realm of corny naivete, gone the way of “Live, Laugh, Loving” and #Girlbossing. So it came as a shock when my TikTok feed started filling up with posts about the “Indomitable Human Spirit.”
Dirt • Dirt: The indomitable human spirit
F*ck despair.” Jane Fonda’s rallying cry at @caringacross CareFest cuts through—especially now.
Alongside Alicia Menendez, Krista Tippett, and Tarana Burke, Fonda reminded us that hope isn’t passive. It’s the fuel for our agency to make change, even as our care systems and the families who depend on them face mounting... See more
feministinstagram.comFollowing 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)?
Nick Cavetheredhandfiles.com
Trust, the willingness to be vulnerable to others, is an expression of faith that they will do the right thing. It is how hope lives between people. By eroding trust, cynicism steals our present together and dampens the futures we can imagine.
Jamil Zaki • Hope for Cynics
Many bad things happened in 2023. You already know them. Many tragic events were so terrible we will never forget them and we shouldn’t. You can easily find them all over the news. But the good things that happened are much harder to encounter, and it is easy to get the impression nothing good happened at all. In order to keep struggling to make... See more
100 Positive News from 2023 | Gapminder
doom won't save us: we can't build a better world on nihilism. spite alone can get you far, but it will never make you happy .