Optimism

by sari and · updated 22d ago

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.”
from Dirt: The indomitable human spirit by Dirt
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
We need the right kind of climate optimism
from We Need the Right Kind of Climate Optimism by Hannah Ritchie
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
Different as it sounds, this kind of triumphalism had something in common with paralysed heartbreak. One rested in arrogant assurance, while the other rested in despair. Both saw the future as something offstage, rather than as the thing we were always creating in every moment, whether we acknowledged it or not. And both forgot that essential truth
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from Dear Future, Here’s the One Lesson I Want to Pass on to You by Jenny Odell
Keely Adler added 4mo 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
It took me a while, but I eventually figured out what he meant. Sometimes the task of rebuilding—of accepting what has been broken and making things anew—is so daunting that it can almost feel easier to believe it can’t be done.

But it can.
Alara added 1y ago
We know, as well as we know anything, that human beings can grow and change for the better. And it’s no longer optional. In fact it’s 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. It’s n... See more
from Imagining a World Beyond Consumerism by Substack
Stuart Evans added 1y ago
Optimism is a political disposition and a design sensibility.
from Radical Curiosity: Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs to Imagine Flourishing Futures by Seth Goldenberg
Keely Adler added 5mo ago
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 ‘life’. You are not a helpless bystander, you have control. You are the main character of your story.
from Optimism Is Always the Best Strategy by Sherry Ning
sari added 1y ago
We should be optimistic not because our problems are smaller than we thought, but because our capacity to solve them is larger than we thought.
from 💡 Kevin Kelly: The Case for Optimism by Kevin Kelly
Keely Adler added 4mo ago

from Dirt: The indomitable human spirit by Dirt

from We Need the Right Kind of Climate Optimism by Hannah Ritchie

from Dear Future, Here’s the One Lesson I Want to Pass on to You by Jenny Odell

from Optimism by Packy McCormick

from Imagining a World Beyond Consumerism by Substack

from Radical Curiosity: Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs to Imagine Flourishing Futures by Seth Goldenberg

from Optimism Is Always the Best Strategy by Sherry Ning

from 💡 Kevin Kelly: The Case for Optimism by Kevin Kelly