Optimism
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Optimism
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Optimism makes you less likely to walk away while not actually increasing your chances of success. That means that being overly optimistic will make you stick to things longer that arenāt worthwhile. Better to be well calibrated. Lifeās too short to spend your time on opportunities that are no longer worthwhile.
We know, as well as we know anything, that human beings can grow and change for the better. And itās no longer optional. In fact itās the new categorical imperative. We simply have to understand what it means for human beings to grow and develop and think about what follows for political and civic institutions and social and economic policy. Itās... See more
Substack ā¢ Imagining a World Beyond Consumerism
Many bad things happened in 2023. You already know them. Many tragic events were so terrible we will never forget them and we shouldnāt. 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
Metamodernism is thus also more optimistic than modernism as it strives to go beyond its shortcomings, and thus inherently more optimistic than postmodernism, which lacks faith in modernity and its metanarrative of progress.
Alex Fergnani ā¢ Metamodern Futures: Prescriptions for Metamodern Foresight
āAnd if there is a fundamental difference between the way people perceived the world around them in the past and the way they perceive it at present, then it is perhaps best identified as follows: in the past, activism was coupled with optimism, while today activism requires pessimism.ā
ā Viktor E. Frankl, Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Hans Rosling ā¢ 6 highlights
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Be optimistic, you only stand to gain. You are as good as you believe you are, your beliefs will shape what you do and, ultimately, who you become. Pay attention to your thoughts, they are the First Movers of your journey through this path called ālifeā. You are not a helpless bystander, you have control. You are the main character of your story.